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IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS READING THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE USCIS HISTORY LIBRARY AT [email protected]. U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service 1995 Statistical Yearbook of the immigration and NaturalS ization ervice U.S. Department of.Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service 1995 Statistical Yearbook of the . Immigration and Naturalization Service PROPERW OF THE M Issued March 1997 HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY $ IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE March 1997 Copies of each Statistical Yearbook from 1965 to 1995 (entitled Annual Report prior to 1978) can be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 97-137624. 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, 1995, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1997 =6 U.S Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of the Commissioner 425 Eye Street N. W 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 1995. 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. During Fiscal Year 1995, the Service continued to focus on the Southwest border through deterrence of illegal entry and expanded apprehension capability through initiatives such as Operation Gatekeeper, as well as on facilitation of entry to support legal immigration and admissions processes. The Service also increased its removal of deportable aliens, particularly those with criminal backgrounds. In 1995, apprehensions reached the highest level since 1986 at 1.395 million, and a record 32,000 criminal aliens were removed. The number of naturalized citizens increased for a third consecutive year and reached a historical high of nearly 446,000. The total number of legal immigrants admitted decreased by 10 percent, from 804,400 in 1994 to 720,500 in 1995. Through this publication and other vehicles for informing the public we hope to contribute to the discussion of immigration policy and to a better understanding of the Service and its comprehensive immigration strategy. 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. /S3icerel Doris Meissner 1995 Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Page Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................11 Immigrants .............................................................................................................................................................13 Refugees ................................................................................................................................................................72 Asylees .................................................................................................................................................................. 76 IVNonimmigrants/Parolees ....................................................................................................................................... 98 Naturalizations ...................................................................................................................................................... 130 Enforcement .......................................................................................................................................................... 161. Public Use Files .................................................................................................................................................... 181 Data Gaps ............................................................................................................................................................... 181 CHARTS, TEXT TABLES CHARTS Immigrants admitted by region of birth: selected fiscal years 1955-95 ...................................................................12 Immigrants admitted to the United States from top five countries of last residence: 1821 to 1995 ........................14 Immigrants admitted: fiscal years 1900-95 ................................................................................................................ 17 Immigrants admitted as immediate relatives of U.S. citizens: fiscal years 1970-95 ................................................18 Percent age and sex distribution of U.S. population and immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1995 ..........................25 Refugee and asylee initial admissions and admissions to lawful permanent resident status: fiscal years 1946-95 73 Asylum applications filed with the INS: fiscal years 1973-95 .................................................................................77 Nonimmigrants admitted by region of last residence: selected fiscal years 1955-95 .............................................. 98 Nonimmigrants admitted as temporary workers, intracompany transferees, and exchange visitors from top twenty countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1995 ...........................................................................................99 Nonimmigrants admitted as students and their families for top ten countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1995 .......100 Nonimmigrants admitted by selected class of admission from top ten countries of citizenship: fiscal year 1995 .. 103 Nonimmigrants admitted: fiscal years 1975-95 .......................................................................................................104 4 CHARTS - Continued Page Nonimmigrants admitted by month and selected class of admission: calendar years 1992-95 ...............................105 Persons naturalized by provision of law: fiscal years 1908-95 ................................................................................131 0. Persons naturalized by decade and selected region of birth: fiscal years 196 1-95 ...................................................132 Naturalizations of inunigrants in residence before 1978 by year of naturalization: fiscal years 1989-95 ................ 133 Naturalizations through fiscal year 1995 of immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1977 by year ................................134 Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1995 of immigrants admitted in fiscal years 1977 and 1982 by age 136 Immigrants admitted, calendar years 1970-79 by selected country of birth and naturalizations of those immigrants: fiscal years 1970-95 ...................................................................................................................139 Aliens apprehended: fiscal years 195 1-95 ...............................................................................................................162 TEXT TABLES A. Categories of immigrants subject to the numerical cap: unadjusted and fiscal year 1995 limits ............................. 16 B. Immigrants admitted by major category of admission: fiscal year 1995 ................................................................. 19 C. Percent of immigrants admitted by region and period: fiscal years 1955-95 ........................................................... 22 D. Immigrants admitted from top twenty countries of birth: fiscal year 1995 ............................................................. 23 E. Refugee status applications filed and approved and refugees admitted by selected nationality: fiscal year 1995 74 F. Asylum applications filed with the INS by Central Americans: fiscal years 1989-95 ............................................. 77 G. Nonimmigrants admitted under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program by country of citizenship: fiscal years 1994-95 101 H. Nonimmigrants admitted from top fifteen countries of last residence in fiscal year 1995, ranked by amount of change since fiscal year 1975 ........................................................................................................................... 103 I. Parolees admitted by selected class of admission from top five countries of citizenship: fiscal years 1992-95 106 J. Parolees admitted by selected category of humanitarian parole from selected countries of citizenship: fiscalyears 1992-95 ......................................................................................................................................... 107 K. Median years of residence by year of naturalization and region of birth: selected fiscal years 1965-95 ................ 133 L. Naturalizations through fiscal year 1995 of immigrants admitted in fiscal years 1977 and 1982 by year ............... 135 M. Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1995 of immigrants admitted in fiscal year 1977 by selected country ofbirth............................................................................................................................................................. 137 N. Naturalization rates through fiscal year 1995 of immigrants admitted