
The Immigration and Naturalization Service says the 41% increase will be the result of more immigrants becoming citizens and then bringing their family members to the USA. Immigrants who become citizens may bring in immediate family members -- a spouse and children under age 18.

In 1995, 593,000 people immigrated to the USA to be with family members or to take a job.

That number is expected to rise to 835,000 in 1996 and to nearly 854,000 in 1997. After that, the number would decline, hitting 729,000 in 2003, according to the projections.
