Immigration
Today's Immigration items on the public record: 989 lobbying filings listed immigration as an issue in 2026, -25% on 2025, from 357 clients; Nationwide CBP…
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- 989 lobbying filings listed immigration as an issue in 2026, -25% on 2025, from 357 clients — most filings: FWD.US 12, Microsoft Corporation 11, American Medical Association 8 · 163 list only immigration · registrations and quarterly reports (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 30 Dec 2026)
- Nationwide CBP encounters: 27,890 in October 2026, -10% on a year earlier — 30,944 in October 2025 (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 30 Oct 2026)
- Southwest border CBP encounters: 11,443 in October 2026, -2% on a year earlier — 11,703 in October 2025 (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 30 Oct 2026)
- Foreign-born labour force: 33.12 million in October 2026 — born abroad: 19.4% of the labour force · Current Population Survey, not seasonally adjusted (BLS, 30 Oct 2026)
- Unemployment among workers born abroad: 3.2% in October 2026 — native-born 4.1% · not seasonally adjusted (BLS, 30 Oct 2026)
- People from Mexico made up 35% of border and port-of-entry encounters in fiscal 2027 through October: 9,741, -8% on the same months a year earlier — against the same months of fiscal 2026: Mexico -8%, Canada -6%, China, Peoples Republic Of -2% · encounters, not people: one person can be counted more than once (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 30 Oct 2026)
- Texas recorded 26% of CBP encounters in fiscal 2027 through October: 7,333, -14% on the same months a year earlier — against the same months of fiscal 2026: Texas -14%, California -10%, Florida -2% · by the state where the encounter was recorded, airports included (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 30 Oct 2026)
- Amazon.com Services LLC: 4,171 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +39% on FY2025 — #1 employer by initial approvals · 7,839 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) AMZN
- Google LLC: 2,204 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +110% on FY2025 — #2 employer by initial approvals · 3,959 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) GOOGL
- Infosys Limited: 2,088 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +712% on FY2025 — #3 employer by initial approvals · 2,118 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) INFY
- Border and port-of-entry encounters: 382,490 in fiscal 2026, -45% on 2025 — 691,906 in 2025 (CBP nationwide encounters, 29 Sep 2026)
- 3.30 million cases pending before the immigration courts on 30 September 2026, -11.3% since 30 September 2025 — FY2026 · most in this series (fiscal 2016 on): 3.92 million on 30 September 2024 · EOIR data generated 22 Oct (Executive Office for Immigration Review (Justice Department), 29 Sep 2026)
- New H-1B approvals: 126,985 in fiscal 2026, +11% on 2025 — 114,798 in 2025 (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026)
- Apple Inc: 1,514 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +84% on FY2025 — #5 employer by initial approvals · 3,771 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) AAPL
- Amazon Development Center US Inc: 1,018 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +14% on FY2025 — #6 employer by initial approvals · 1,005 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) AMZN
- Tesla Inc: 925 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +190% on FY2025 — #7 employer by initial approvals · 1,443 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) TSLA
- Meta Platforms Inc: 888 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, -43% on FY2025 — #8 employer by initial approvals · 3,109 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026) META
- New H-1B approvals in fiscal 2026 went most to employers in professional, scientific and technical services (incl. IT consulting): 55,603 of 126,985 (44%) — against fiscal 2025: professional, scientific and technical services +26%, manufacturing +31%, education -32% · industry of the employer's filing (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026)
- California led new H-1B approvals by filing state in fiscal 2026: 25,857 of 126,857 (20%) — against fiscal 2025: California +20%, Texas +32%, New York +5% · the employer's filing state, not where the worker lives (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026)
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited: 1,557 new H-1B approvals in FY2026, +84% on FY2025 — #4 employer by initial approvals · 3,982 continuing approvals (USCIS, 29 Sep 2026)