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Title: Immigration from Latin America


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Immigration from Latin America
  • Drew Martin

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Origins
  • Mexico
  • Guatemala
  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua

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  • El Salvador 817,336 40.3
  • Guatemala 480,665 23.7
  • Honduras 282,852 14.0
  • Nicaragua 220,335 10.9
  • Panama 105,177 5.2
  • Costa Rica 71,870 3.5
  • Other Central America 47,915 2.4

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Whos Leaving
  • Vast majority of Immigrants are male
  • Of 1,569,157 total immigrants
  • 1,181,755 male
  • 387,402 female
  • Between ages of 20-40

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Legal Immigration
  • Eligiblity
  • US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
    must approve immigrant visa petition
  • Labor certification request
  • Immigrant Visa Number
  • If already in the US, need to apply for adjust to
    permanent resident status

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Illegal Immigration
  • Border Crossing
  • Overstaying Student or Work Visas
  • Fraudulent Marriages

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Hazards of Border Crossing
  • Exposure
  • Car Accidents
  • Border Patrol Killings
  • Vigilante Groups
  • Coyotes

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Websites Used
  • http//foreignborn.com/visas_imm/immigrant_visas/8
    the_diversity.htm
  • http//clnet.ucla.edu/challenge/origin.htm
  • http//www.migrationinformation.org/index.cfm
  • http//polisci.ucsd.edu/cornelius/latimes10-1-05.p
    df
  • http//foreignborn.com/visas_imm/immigrant_visas/1
    immigration_homepage.htm
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