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On an average day:- More than a quarter million people visit our Web site.
- We process 200 refugee applications around the world, and grant asylum to 40 people already in the United States.
- We answer 41,000 phone calls to our toll-free customer service line, and serve 12,000 customers at our 84 local offices.
- We ensure the employment eligibility of more than 80,000 new hires in the United States.
- We fingerprint and photograph 11,000 applicants at our 129 Application Support Centers.
- We conduct 135,000 national security background checks.
- We complete 30,000 applications for various immigration benefits.
- We process 3,700 applications to sponsor relatives and fiancées. We also help American parents adopt 125 foreign born orphans.
- We process 2,300 petitions filed by employers to bring workers to the United States.
- We grant permanent residence to 3,400 people and issue 7,300 Permanent Resident Cards.
- We welcome 3,000 new citizens.
- Typically 30 of them are already serving their adopted country in the United States armed forces.
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