Category,Definition
Total,"Total number of persons obtaining legal permanent status in the U.S."
"Diversity program","Program aiming to increase diversity of immigrants; also known as the ""green card lottery""
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"Employment-based preferences","1. Priority Workers; 2. Professionals with advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability; 3. Skilled workers, professionals, and unskilled workers; 4. Certain special immigrants; 5. Employment creation (investors)"
"Family-sponsored preferences","First: Unmarried sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their children; Second: spouses, children, and unmarried sons/daughters of alien residents; Third: Married sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and children; Fourth: Brother/sisters of U.S. citizens (at least 21 years old) and their spouses and children"
"Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens","Spouses, children (including orphans), and parents of U.S. citizens"
"IRCA Legalization","Those admitted under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986"
"Refuges and asylee adjustments","Refugees and those seeking asylum"
"Suspension Of Deportation","Those allowed to remain in the country after cancellation of removal"
Other,Other