Immigrants by county

The number of legal immigrants coming to the US is at record levels. If Trump wants to use a merit based system the number of immigrants will not change but the educational level of immigrants will change. Merit based means selecting people based on their education and skills which means many more from Asia. Asian have skills like STEM and are badly needed. They also earn more money and are self supporting. And there is a racial quality in that they have brown skins. In 2016, the top country of origin for new immigrants coming into the U.S. was India, with 126,000 people, followed by Mexico (124,000), China (121,000) and Cuba (41,000).