Green Cards Issued to Middle Eastern Migrants Skyrocket 32 Percent in One Year
Article publisher:
Breitbart
Article date:
27 May 2016
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The number of green cards the Obama administration granted to migrants from the Middle East increased dramatically over a single year, according to a new analysis of recently published government data.
In a chart slated for release later today, the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest highlight a 32 percent increase in the number of migrants from Middle Eastern countries granted Legal Permanent Resident status from Fiscal Year 2013 to FY 2014.
Namely, in FY 2014 DHS granted green card status to 103,901 migrants from countries in the Middle East — nearly a third more than the 78,917 green cards it issued to Middle Eastern migrants in FY 2013, and more than double the 66,415 green cards it issued in FY 2001. According to the subcommittee, from FY 2001 to FY 2014 DHS granted 1,114,453 Middle Eastern migrants green cards. DHS has yet to release the statistics for FY 2015...
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