From:
AILA WASHINGTON UPDATE
Volume 7, Number 12, October 10, 2003
While the law provides for up to 5,000 visas a year under the program, the number has remained far below that cap. In fiscal year 2002, for example, 1,413 religious workers became permanent residents through the special immigrant category, as did 1,714 spouses and children. (see H. Rpt. 108-271 at p. 2). Of that number, only 389 individuals arrived from abroad, while 87.6 percent adjusted status in the United States. In the broader picture, religious workers comprise a very small portion of total legal immigration to the United States—0.3 percent of the 1,063,732 immigrants in fiscal year 2002.
AILA WASHINGTON UPDATE
Volume 7, Number 12, October 10, 2003
While the law provides for up to 5,000 visas a year under the program, the number has remained far below that cap. In fiscal year 2002, for example, 1,413 religious workers became permanent residents through the special immigrant category, as did 1,714 spouses and children. (see H. Rpt. 108-271 at p. 2). Of that number, only 389 individuals arrived from abroad, while 87.6 percent adjusted status in the United States. In the broader picture, religious workers comprise a very small portion of total legal immigration to the United States—0.3 percent of the 1,063,732 immigrants in fiscal year 2002.