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In the eight years of the Clinton Presidency, 6,280,488 persons from foreign countries established permanent legal residence in the United States, an average per year of 785,061.

In the eight years of the George W. Bush Presidency, 8,327,610 persons from foreign countries established permanent legal residence in the United States, an average per year of 1,040,951.

As shown by the table below from the Department of Homeland Security, the current problem is not legal immigration, which has always been a driving economic force in America.

Rather, one must presume from the data below that the problem can only be illegal immigration combined with changing demographic patterns.

Table 1.
PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2011
Year	Number	Year	Number	Year	Number	Year	Number
1820	8.385?	1870	387.203?	1920	430.001?	1970	373.326?
1821	9.127?	1871	321.350?	1921	805.228?	1971	370.478?
1822	6.911?	1872	404.806?	1922	309.556?	1972	384.685?
1823	6.354?	1873	459.803?	1923	522.919?	1973	398.515?
1824	7.912?	1874	313.339?	1924	706.896?	1974	393.919?
1825	10.199?	1875	227.498?	1925	294.314?	1975	385.378?
1826	10.837?	1876	169.986?	1926	304.488?	1976?	499.093?
1827	18.875?	1877	141.857?	1927	335.175?	1977	458.755?
1828	27.382?	1878	138.469?	1928	307.255?	1978	589.810?
1829	22.520?	1879	177.826?	1929	279.678?	1979	394.244?
1830	23.322?	1880	457.257?	1930	241.700?	1980	524.295?
1831	22.633?	1881	669.431?	1931	97.139?	1981	595.014?
1832	60.482?	1882	788.992?	1932	35.576?	1982	533.624?
1833	58.640?	1883	603.322?	1933	23.068?	1983	550.052?
1834	65.365?	1884	518.592?	1934	29.470?	1984	541.811?
1835	45.374?	1885	395.346?	1935	34.956?	1985	568.149?
1836	76.242?	1886	334.203?	1936	36.329?	1986	600.027?
1837	79.340?	1887	490.109?	1937	50.244?	1987	599.889?
1838	38.914?	1888	546.889?	1938	67.895?	1988	641.346?
1839	68.069?	1889	444.427?	1939	82.998?	1989	?1.090.172?
1840	84.066?	1890	455.302?	1940	70.756?	1990	?1.535.872?
1841	80.289?	1891	560.319?	1941	51.776?	1991	?1.826.595
1842	104.565?	1892	579.663?	1942	28.781?	1992	?? 973.445
1843	52.496?	1893	439.730?	1943	23.725?	1993	?? 903.916
1844	78.615?	1894	285.631?	1944	28.551?	1994	?? 803.993
1845	114.371?	1895	258.536?	1945	38.119?	1995	?? 720.177
1846	154.416?	1896	343.267?	1946	108.721?	1996	?? 915.560
1847	234.968?	1897	230.832?	1947	147.292?	1997	?? 797.847
1848	226.527?	1898	229.299?	1948	170.570?	1998	?? 653.206
1849	297.024?	1899	311.715?	1949	188.317?	1999	?? 644.787
1850	369.980?	1900	448.572?	1950	249.187?	2000	?? 841.002
1851	379.466?	1901	487.918?	1951	205.717?	2001	?1.058.902
1852	371.603?	1902	648.743?	1952	265.520?	2002	?1.059.356
1853	368.645?	1903	857.046?	1953	170.434?	2003	??? 703.542
1854	427.833?	1904	812.870?	1954	208.177?	2004	??? 957.883
1855	200.877?	1905	1.026.499?	1955	237.790?	2005	1.122.257
1856	200.436?	1906	1.100.735?	1956	321.625?	2006	1.266.129
1857	251.306?	1907	1.285.349?	1957	326.867?	2007	1.052.415
1858	123.126?	1908	782.870?	1958	253.265?	2008	1.107.126
1859	121.282?	1909	751.786?	1959	260.686?	2009	1.130.818
1860	153.640?	1910	1.041.570?	1960	265.398?	2010	? 1.042.625
1861	91.918?	1911	878.587?	1961	271.344?	2011	1.062.040
1862	91.985?	1912	838.172?	1962	283.763?
1863	176.282?	1913	1.197.892?	1963	306.260?
1864	193.418?	1914	1.218.480?	1964	292.248?
1865	248.120?	1915	326.700?	1965	296.697?
1866	318.568?	1916	298.826?	1966	323.040?
1867	315.722?	1917	295.403?	1967	361.972?
1868	138.840?	1918	110.618?	1968	454.448?
1869	352.768?	1919	141.132?	1969	358.579?
? Includes the 15 months from July 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976 because the end date of fiscal years was changed from June 30 to September 30.

For some factual and analytical details on the history of immigration in the United States, see history.com in
United States Immigration Before 1965

when the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act reformed American immigration law.

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