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| Over a million new US green card |
| Over a million new US green card holders in 2010
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 1-April-2011
3:3:15 AM |
| Over a million foreigners were granted legal permanent residency in the United States in fiscal year 2010 that ended in September, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Most of the 1,042,625 new legal permanent residents (54 per cent) already lived in the United States when they were granted their green cards, the documents attesting to legal residence, according to DHS data released yesterday.
Nearly two-thirds of the new recipients obtained the legal residency status based on family ties to a US citizen or legal US permanent resident.
Their top countries of birth were Mexico (13 per cent), China (seven per cent) and India (seven per cent).
Under the Immigration Act of 1990, the Department places an annual limit on the number of new applicants of between 416,000 and 675,000 for family-sponsored preference, employment-based preference and diversity immigrants.
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