China leads in number of new green cards in US  

美国去年入籍、拿绿卡人数稳定 中国人排名靠前

据美国《世界日报》综合报道，美国国内安全部公布的新数字显示，去年有1,031,631名外国人获得绿卡(取得在美永久居留身份)，可望五年内入籍，其中墨西哥人、中国人和印度人占多数。

(ECNS) -- Chinese were at the top of the list of foreigners who got US green cards in 2012, according to a report by World Journal, a daily Chinese language newspaper serving overseas Chinese in North America.

Statistics released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show that 1 million people became legal permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, and a total of 757,434 people naturalized in 2012.

The naturalization process confers US citizenship upon foreign citizens or nationals who have fulfilled the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

According to the DHS data, the leading countries of birth of new citizens were Mexico (102,181), the Philippines (44,958), India (42,928), the Dominican Republic (33,351), and the People's Republic of China (31,868).