SB1070 Update: Is this figure accurate?

by David Safier

Can someone tell us if this is an accurate figure?

I've never seen a figure that debunks the "Why don't they just come here legally?" myth, so I don't know if this one is accurate.

The present system for employment-based immigration allows only 5,000 low-skill Green Cards per year for the entire United States.

I suspect this is somewhere near the truth, but I don't accept something as fact just because I think it's true, or because it sounds good. I'll leave that for the other side.

But if there are only 5,000 low skill workers allowed each year, that wouldn't cover a fraction of the crop picking jobs, let alone other jobs immigrants perform.