Nonimmigrants enter the United States for a temporary period of time, and once in theUnited States, are restricted to theactivity or reason for which theirnonimmigrantvisa was issued.
Partly due to a less generous welfare state, American immigrant workers with lower educations have, for the most part, been more economically active than their nonimmigrant counterparts.
Brazilians are currently purchasing almost a tenth of the houses and apartments being sold in the Miami area and applications for nonimmigrant U.S. visas from Brazil have increased 234% in the past five years, as reported by Time.