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Historical Permanent Residency Statistics

For those that either enjoy statistics or history (or both), the Department of Homeland Security has provided an excellent map and bar graph collection of historical permanent residency levels from different regions and countries throughout the world. Many of the statistics go back to the 1800s.

The charts are on the DHS’s website.

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Immigration And the Federal Shutdown

The possibility of a federal shutdown looms large as the government must reach a compromise by Friday to avoid it. If a shutdown does occur, how it might affect immigration processing is not quite known. However, the following are a few observations.

Since USCIS processing is paid for through filing fees, it is expected that …

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Faster Immigration Security Checks Coming Soon?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is establishing a single, multi-agency database that includes all immigrant data. The database will be searchable by government officials and will allow immigration officials to more easily detect fraud by those seeking to gain immigration benefits. The new database will be a mirror copy of existing DHS databases, and …

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DHS Issues Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

The Department of Homeland Security has released its Yearbook of Immigration Statistics for 2009. Each year the DHS issues the yearbook that is filled with statistical information, including the annual number of immigrants who obtain permanent resdiency, the country of origin for those permanent residents, and the location in the United States were the permanent …

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DHS Announces 2009 Accomplishments

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano recently issued a press release highlighting the accomplishments of the department for 2009. The accomplishments concerning immigration included:

DHS has implemented a “new, comprehensive strategy to reduce the demand for illegal employment,” including a new worksite enforcement policy that has led to 1,897 cases and 2,069 Form I-9 inspections …

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