COUNTYWIDE : CLIPBOARD : Amnesty Recipients
Orange County ranked fourth in the nation last year in the number of illegal immigrants granted amnesty under the Immigration Control and Reform Act. The 20,838 total was 4.2% of the nationwide figure. Los Angeles County ranked first with 184,373 (37.4% of the total). The metropolitan areas of Chicago (36,995, 7.5%) and Houston (23,916, 4.8%) ranked second and third.
The large number of amnesty recipients in Orange and Los Angeles counties helped give California the highest state share in the nation, 57.8% of the 492,200 total. Texas ranked second with 15.4%. Here’s a breakdown of whence those granted amnesty in Orange County during 1989 came:
Percentage of County Country Number Total Mexico 17,681 85 El Salvador 899 4 Guatemala 409 2 Iran 296 2 Philippines 265 1 Colombia 129 1 Mainland China 62 * Nicaragua 58 * Poland 10 * Other countries 1,029 5 TOTAL** 20,838 100
** For fiscal year ending September 1989
* Less than 1%
ORANGE COUNTY 1987 34,261 1988 51,646 1989 20,838 1989 COUNTY SHARE Los Angeles County 80% Orange County 9% Riverside/San Bernardino Counties 6% San Diego County 5% Source: Immigration and Naturalization Service Statistics Division
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