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"Add in the 50,000 green cards issued by lottery to people from countries underrepresented in the immigration numbers for the five previous years, sprinkle on refugee admissions, which fluctuate according to how much tumult there is abroad in any given year, and you reach the annual total."
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The basic structure is like this. There are two instructions and a result. The instructions are: 1.
- The basic structure is like this.
- There are two instructions and a result.
- The instructions are: 1.
- Add in the 50,000 green cards (that are) issued by lottery to people from countries (that are) underrepresented in the immigration numbers for the five previous years "people from countries (that are) underrepresented in the immigration numbers for the five previous years" is one long noun phrase.
- 2.
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The basic structure is like this. There are two instructions and a result. The instructions are:
1. Add in the 50,000 green cards (that are) issued by lottery to people from countries (that are) underrepresented in the immigration numbers for the five previous years
"people from countries (that are) underrepresented in the immigration numbers for the five previous years" is
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