Since 2010, foreign countries with the largest percentage increases based on the number of legal immigrants they are sending to the U.S. include:
Nepal – 120 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Burma (Myanmar) – 95 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Venezuela – 91 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Afghanistan – 84 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Saudi Arabia – 83 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Syria – 75 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Bangladesh – 62 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Nigeria – 57 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Kenya – 56 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
India – 47 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Iraq – 45 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Ethiopia – 44 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Egypt – 34 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Brazil – 33 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Dominican Republic – 32 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Ghana – 32 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
China – 31 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Pakistan – 31 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.
Somalia – 29 percent increase in immigration to the U.S.