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IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS READING THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE USCIS HISTORY LIBRARY AT [email protected]. -I- IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE February 1996 Copies of each Statistical Yearbook from 1965 to 1994 (entitled Annual Report prior to 1978) can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Phone: (703) 487-4650. The NTIS order number for this report is PB 96-113725. Library of Congress National Serials Program International Standard Serial number: (ISSN) 0743-538X Suggested Citation U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1996 U.S Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of the Commissioner 425 I Street NW Washington, D.C. 20536 The Attorney General United States Department of Justice I am pleased to submit the Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for Fiscal Year 1994. This Yearbook contains information covering the entire spectrum of critical Service activities from border enforcement to naturalization. Answers to the most frequently asked statistical questions about immigration can be found in the Yearbook. In Fiscal Year 1994, the Service began a strategy of "deterrence through prevention" to control illegal entry across the Southwest border. With Operation Hold the Line in El Paso, TX, for example, the Border Patrol deployed additional agent strength directly on the front lines of the border, a strategy designed to deter attempts at illegal entry. In 1994, the Service made a total of 1.09 million border apprehensions. While working to control the border more effectively, the Service continued to confer citizenship and other legal immigration benefits. In 1994, more than 400,000 former immigrants became United States citizens through naturalization. We also continued to see the effects of the Immigration Act of 1990, the most significant and comprehensive change in the structure of legal immigration in 25 years. For example, the number of legal immigrants dropped by 11 percent, from 904,300 in 1993 to 804,400 in 1994. This type of general information about legal immigration, and the more detailed information about specific immigration categories provided in this Yearbook, will contribute to the public discussion about legal immigration policy. We hope that you and others find the information in this Yearbook useful. We will continue to provide accurate and current information about our immigration programs. in er L2 7 Doris Meissner 1994 Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Page Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................11 Immigrants ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Refugees ................................................................................................................................................................. 72 Asylees ................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Nonimmigrants ...................................................................................................................................................... 94 Naturalizations ...................................................................................................................................................... 124 Enforcement ........................................................................................................................................................... 157 Public Use Files .................................................................................................................................................... 177 Data Gaps .............................................................................................................................................................. 177 CHARTS, TEXT TABLES CHARTS Immigrants admitted by region of birth: selected fiscal years 1955-94 ................................................................... 12 Immigrants admitted to the United States from top five countries of last residence: 1821 to 1994 .........................14 Immigrants admitted: fiscal years 1900-94 ..............................................................................................................17 Immigrants admitted as immediate relatives of U.S. citizens: fiscal years 1970-94 ................................................18 Percent age and sex distribution of U.S. population and immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1994 ..........................23 Refugee and asylee initial admissions and admissions to lawful permanent resident status: fiscal years 1946-94 73 Asylum applications filed with the INS: fiscal years 1973-94 ..................................................................................77 Nonimmigrants admitted as temporary workers, intracompany transferees, and exchange visitors from top twenty countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1994 ...........................................................................................95 Nonimmigrants admitted by selected class of admission from top ten countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1994 97 Nonimmigrants admitted: fiscal years 1975-94 ....................................................................................................... 98 Nonimmigrants admitted by month and selected class, of admission: calendar years 1991-94 ...............................99 In CHARTS - Continued Page L. Nonimmigrants admitted by region of last residence: selected fiscal years 1955-94 .............................................. 100 M. Noniinmigrants admitted as students and their families for top ten countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1994 101 N. Persons naturalized by provision of law: fiscal years 1908-94 ................................................................................ 125 0. Persons naturalized by decade and selected region of birth: fiscal years 1961-94 .................................................. 126 P. Naturalizations of immigrants in residence before 1978 by year of naturalization: fiscal years 1989-94 ............... 127 Q. Median length of residence of those naturalized by region of birth: fiscal years 1992 and 1994 ............................ 128 R. Naturalizations through fiscal year 1993 Of immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1977 by year . ................................ 129 S. Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1993 of immigrants admitted in fiscal years 1977 and 1982 by age 131 Immigrants admitted, calendar years 1970-79 by selected country of birth and naturalizations of those immigrants: fiscal years 1970-94 ...................................................................................................................134 Aliens apprehended: fiscal years 1951-94 ...............................................................................................................158 TEXT TABLES A. Categories of immigrants subject to the numerical cap: unadjusted and fiscal year 1994 limits ............................. 15 B. Immigrants admitted by major category of admission: fiscal year 1994 ................................................................. 20 C. Percent of immigrants admitted by region and period: fiscal years 1955-94 ............................................................ 21 D. Immigrants admitted from top twenty countries of birth: fiscal year 1994 ............................................................. 22 E. Refugee status applications filed and approved and refugees admitted by selected nationality: fiscal year 1994 74 F. Asylum applications filed with the INS by Central Americans: fiscal years 1988-94 ............................................. 77 G. Nonimmigrants admitted under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program by country of citizenship: fiscal years 1993-94 96 H. Nonimmigrants admitted from top fifteen countries of last residence in fiscal year 1994, ranked by amount of changesince fiscal year 1975 .......................................................................................................................... 98 I. Median years of residence by year of naturalization and region of birth: selected fiscal years 1965-94 ................ 127 J. Naturalizations through fiscal year 1993 of immigrants admitted in fiscal years 1977 and 1982 by year ............... 130 K. Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1993 of immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1977 by selected country ofbirth' ............................................................................................................................................................. 132 L. Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1993 of immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1982 by selected country ofbirth ............................................................................................................................................................. 133 M. Immigration and emigration by decade: 1901-90 ..................................................................................................... 178 N. Estimated illegal immigrant population