Caucasians Will Be the Minority by 2040

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Haiti was second, with 7,199, while Jamaicans secured 5,493 visas. Guyana ranked fourth, with over 3,000 nationals adjusting their status or becoming permanent residents this year. Of that number, the majority of Caribbean nationals who became green card holders did so through family sponsorship - spouse or parent - while a smaller percentage did so through employer sponsorship.

The USCIS last week announced it had reached the statutory cap for fiscal year 2010 as of December 21, 2009. The limit is 65,000. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-IB petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the "advanced degree" exemption.

USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-IB specialty occupation workers seeking an employment start date in fiscal year 2010 who arrived after December 21, 2009.

U.S. businesses use the H-IB program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in fields, such as scientists, engineers or computer programmers.

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Caucasians Will Be the Minority by 2040

That's the word from the U.S. Census Bureau, which claimed that under a high immigration rate, the minority "tipping point...

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