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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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U.s. Office of Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

POLICY DIRECTORATE

U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS: 2011 [6 April 2012]

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2011.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents during fiscal year 2011.

[excerpt]

A legal permanent resident (LPR) or “green card” recipient is defined by immigration law as a

person who has been granted lawful permanent residence in the United States. Permanent resident

status confers certain rights and responsibilities. For example, LPRs may live and work permanently

anywhere in the United States, own property, and attend public schools, colleges, and universities.

They may also join certain branches of the Armed Force and apply to become U.S. citizens if

they meet certain eligibility requirements. This Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report

presents information obtained from applications for LPR status on the number and characteristics

of persons who became LPRs in the United States during 2011.

In 2011, a total of 1,062,040 persons became LPRs of the United States (see Table 1 and Figure 1). The majority

of new LPRs (55 percent) already lived in the United States when they were granted lawful permanent residence.

Nearly 65 percent of new LPRs were granted permanent resident status based on a family relationship

with a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States. The leading countries of birth of new

LPRs were Mexico (14 percent), China (8.2 percent), and India (6.5 percent).

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