Why did/do immigrants come to the us
push-pull factors
- famine
- land shortages
- religious or political persecution
- war
- in debt or in trouble
2013- 990,553 people are granted lawful permanent in the United states
- green cards
- top countries of origin are
- mexico (17.2%)
- china (7.2%)
- India (6.9%)
- Philippines (5.5%)
- Dominican republic (4.2%)
naturalized US citizens
- mexico
- china
- India
- Philippines
- Dominican republic
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