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. 2013 Summer;142(3):48-64.
doi: 10.1162/DAED_a_00218. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

Latin American Immigration to the United States

Marta Tienda  1 , Susana Sanchez  2
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Latin American Immigration to the United States

Marta Tienda et al. Daedalus. 2013 Summer.
No abstract available

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FIGURE 1. Foreign-Born Population from Latin America: 1960-2010 (millions)
“Caribbean” includes Cuba and the Dominican Republic; “Central America” includes Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama; and “South America” includes Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Source: Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung, “Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850–2000,” Population Division Working Paper No. 81 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006); and American Community Survey, One-Year Estimates for 2010.
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References

    1. Gibson Campbell, Jung Kay. Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850-2000. U. S. Census Bureau, Population Division; 2006. Working Paper No 81. The 2010 estimate is based on the Authors’ calculation from the American Community Survey.

    1. Rumbaut Ruben D. The Hispanic prologue. In: Cardús D, editor. A Hispaniclook at the bicentennial. 1978. pp. 5–22.
    1. Wasem Ruth E. U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions. 2010. CRS Report for Congress. RL32235, Figure 4.

    1. Wasem Ruth E. Cuban Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends. Congressional Research Service; Washington, D.C.: 2009. The difference between asylees and refugees is their physical location when requesting protection: asylees apply after arriving in the United States whereas refugees apply from abroad, often a third country, and request resettlement in the United States.

    1. The current annual ceiling for refugee admissions is 80,000 per year, with 5,500 allocated for Latin American and the Caribbean. See Martin, Daniel C, Yankay James E. Refugees and Asylees: 2011. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics; 2012. Annual Flow Report.

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