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