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While I read the book, Enrique's Journey by. Sonia Nazario. It is a story of a boy, Enrique, who wants to immigrate into the United States to find his mother in the city of Laredo. This made me wonder how many people immigrate into the U.S. every year, and in all? According to the MIP (Migration Policy Institute), the approximate number of immigrants in the U.S. in 2009 was 38,517,234. The number jumped about 1.5% between 2008 and 2009. There is about 1 million people who immigrate to the U.S. every year.