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Top 10 Countries with the Highest Number of Foreign-Born Residents (Immigrants) - United Nations 2020:

United States — 50.6 million Germany — 15.8 million Saudi Arabia — 13.5 million Russia — 11.6 million United Kingdom — 9.4 million United Arab Emirates — 8.7 million France — 8.5 million Canada — 8.0 million Australia — 7.7 million Spain — 6.8 million

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/immigrati...

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Just so you know, as a percent of population that’s:

US: 15.2%, Germany: 19.0%, Saudi Arabia: 37.6%, Russia: 8.1%, UK: 13.9%, UAE: 92.8%, France: 12.5%, Canada: 20.9%, Australia: 30.0%, Spain: 14.3%

According to the Migration Policy Institute, in 2019, approximately 30% of the population had arrived in the country within the past 10 years.

Considering the green card wait has increased 400% in the past 2 years, it’s safe to assume this number is dramatically higher now.

> Considering the green card wait has increased 400% in the past 2 years, it’s safe to assume this number is dramatically higher now.

No, its not; actual volume of immigration has been flat. Wait times are a measure of the degree to which per category and per country quotas are misaligned with demand, not an indicator of immigration volume.

Do you have a source to backup your claim? USCIS is telling me different. There is currently a 4-year wait on secondary green cards, in which 2021 there was a 2 year wait. According to the Center of iImmigration Studies, immigration has doubled since Biden took office: https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Population-Hits-Nearly-48...

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