claim: "we are accepting more legal immigrants than we ever have in the history (of the united states.)"
author: rick santorum
evidence_1: immigration to the united states is the international movement of non-u.s.  nationals in order to reside permanently in the country. lawful immigration has  been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much  of the u.s. history. .... in the early years of the united states, immigration was  fewer than 8,000 ...
evidence_2: the united states experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial ...  did you know? ... californians had agitated for the new law, blaming the chinese,  who were ... the government decided it needed to step in to handle the ever- increasing ... and urbanization, america received more than 20 million  immigrants.
evidence_3: jul 16, 2014 ... ... said that the united states is “accepting more legal immigrants than we ever  have. ... the historical high for lawful immigration was back in 1991, when ...  people have been coming from, because most of the immigration is ...
evidence_4: sep 16, 2016 ... trump clearly has not thought about the lawful-ness of a ban on a .... we have  had 1.3 million immigrants over our nation's history and many more ..... we the  people as a whole need to be more accepting towards .... immigrants are  definitely less welcome in the united states than they ever were in the past.
evidence_5: loud voices are able to convince the country when we need immigrants and  when ... we have a system that allows them to migrate freely and legally become  a citizen ... help us to debate current policy more effectively based on fact rather  than fear. ... the commission recommended that the united states no longer  accept ...