Migration In The USA 
Migration process in the USA
The United
States of
America is home to the largest number of internationa l migrants in the world.
According to the US Census Bureau (2006 American
Community Survey), there are 37,547,789 foreignborn persons legally residing in the US, making up
12.5 per cent of the nation's population.
Approximately 53 per cent of the foreign-born in the United States hail from Latin America, 25 per cent from Asia, 14 per cent from Europe and 8 per cent from other regions of the world. The United
States employs foreign workers through limited guest worker programmes operated by the US
Department of Labor. Additionally, the US is home to a large number of irregular migrants (estimated between ten and thirteen million people) who make up a workforce operating without rights or documentation. Opinions vary greatly over whether these irregular migrants, many residing in the
United States for a number of years, ought to be deported or granted amnesty and a path to US citizenship. Construction of a 700-mile border fence along the US-Mexico border has been underway since the passage of the Secure Fence Act in
October 2006. All other recent attempts to pass immigration reform in the US Congress have been unsuccessful to date.
Trying to become a US citizen, or at least to have permission to live and work in the country is something that many people from around the worldwide try to do, and there are many things that are needed in order to achieve this. However, depending on how strong the case for being allowed to move to the US and to work in the country is, then this will often have a big factor in how many criteria will need to be met and how easy the overall process will be, however for many people it can often be quite a hard process to be allowed to immigrate to the United States
The first thing that will need to be established before even submitting an application to be allowed to immigrate to the United States is the reason that will be used
The United
States of
America is home to the largest number of internationa l migrants in the world.
According to the US Census Bureau (2006 American
Community Survey), there are 37,547,789 foreignborn persons legally residing in the US, making up
12.5 per cent of the nation's population.
Approximately 53 per cent of the foreign-born in the United States hail from Latin America, 25 per cent from Asia, 14 per cent from Europe and 8 per cent from other regions of the world. The United
States employs foreign workers through limited guest worker programmes operated by the US
Department of Labor. Additionally, the US is home to a large number of irregular migrants (estimated between ten and thirteen million people) who make up a workforce operating without rights or documentation. Opinions vary greatly over whether these irregular migrants, many residing in the
United States for a number of years, ought to be deported or granted amnesty and a path to US citizenship. Construction of a 700-mile border fence along the US-Mexico border has been underway since the passage of the Secure Fence Act in
October 2006. All other recent attempts to pass immigration reform in the US Congress have been unsuccessful to date.
Trying to become a US citizen, or at least to have permission to live and work in the country is something that many people from around the worldwide try to do, and there are many things that are needed in order to achieve this. However, depending on how strong the case for being allowed to move to the US and to work in the country is, then this will often have a big factor in how many criteria will need to be met and how easy the overall process will be, however for many people it can often be quite a hard process to be allowed to immigrate to the United States
The first thing that will need to be established before even submitting an application to be allowed to immigrate to the United States is the reason that will be used