13 Million Work Visas Issued Since 1985

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:20 PM

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I have been doing some research on other work visas besides H-1B. The
numbers of visas issued is far greater than I would have guessed. For
information on what these visas are go to:
http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/VisaTypes.htm

******* Table Compiled From Table 37 *****

http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/statistics/Yearbook2000.pdf

Year L1 Visa H-1B Visa TN Visa F1/M1 J1

1985 65,349 47,322 257,069 110,942
1990 63,180 100,446 326,264 174,247
1995 112,124 117,574 23,904 364,220 201,095
1996 140,457 144,458 26,987 426,903 215,475
1998 203,255 240,947 59,061 564,683 250,959
1999 234,443 302,326 68,354 567,146 275,519
2000 294,658 355,605 91,279 659,081 304,225

Totals 1,744,520 2,075,380 269,585 5,766,576 2,898,601

Grand Estimated Total 12,754,661

Analysis and questions raised:

* The rapid rise of the numbers of visas in 1998 is surprising. That is the
same year that H-1B was doubled. Why are so many other visas being used when
Congress was so generous with H-1B?

* Notice the huge numbers of F1/M1 visas. These are student vocational visas
that are specifically to work in the US.

* These numbers mean that even the INS admits that almost 13 million
noncitizens have been imported to displace American citizens from mostly
"high tech" positions!

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