Chain Migration
Report by Spencer Raley | November 9, 2017 | View the Full Report (PDF)
Chain Migration: When an immigrant to the United States sponsors other family members for admission – such as parents, children and siblings – who can then sponsor other immigrants themselves, and so on…
What is Chain Migration?
In 2015, the United States granted 1,051,031 immigrants lawful permanent resident status.1 That’s nearly enough people to populate a major city the size of Dallas, Texas. Why are so many immigrants accepted each year?
Under the United States’ current immigration system, most migrants receive a green card simply because they are the relative of an earlier migrant, not because of what they can contribute to American society. This creates a “chain†of immigrants who can then sponsor other immigrants in the same manner. These, in turn, may sponsor more immigrants, and so on.2
https://fairus.org/issue/legal-immigration/chain-migration
