9 Million Relatives of Immigrants Were Admitted into US in Last Decade
As a result of ‘chain migration’, 9.3 million people were allowed to become legal US citizens between 2005 – 2016, for the sole reason that they had a relative who already was an immigrant. The total number of foreign nationals legally entering the US over the-year period was more than 13 million people. Chain migration the largest driver of immigration to the US, accounts for more than 70% of it.