claim: of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
author: tom cotton
evidence_1: oct 1, 2015 ... nearly 1 million people received u.s. green cards in 2013. ... followed by  employer-sponsored immigrants and those who arrive as ... the first is newly  arrived lprs—people issued immigrant visas ... employment-based preferences  ... school education or its equivalent, or demonstrate two years of work ...
evidence_2: of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are  based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs." — politifact national on ...
evidence_3: jun 23, 2013 ... the mexican citizen has patiently waited for years for a green card to ... him or  her based on the immigrant's talents, education or job skills. ... there could be as  many as 1 million people waiting for employment-sponsored green cards, ... an  immigrant needs a relative or an employer to petition for them to ...
evidence_4: aug 2, 2017 ... legislation would favor immigrants based on skills and education, ... legal  residency green cards, favoring applicants based on skills, ... more than one  million people are granted legal residency each year, ... “it keeps america from  being competitive and it does not meet the needs of our economy today.”.
evidence_5: aug 2, 2017 ... trump endorses merit-based system that would cut legal immigration by half ....  who demonstrate job skills and curtailing the traditional pipeline that rewarded ...  over the next decade from about 1.1 million green cards a year to 500,000. ... that  puts their needs first and that puts america first,” said mr. trump, ...