Benvolio, in recent years, immigration of Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status has declined in the last few years according to records kept by the department of Homeland Security. Here are the actual numbers:
2005 1,122,257
2006 1,266,129
2007 1,052,415
2008 1,107,126
2009 1,130,818
2010 1,042,625
2011 1,062,040
2012 1,031,631
Historically, the numbers of immigrants have increased over the years, as shown in the records kept by the DHS, here is the full table:
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 1976¹ 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 2012 1,031,631
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