Immigration Trends
Immigration Trends
An interesting way to merge both concepts of System Justification Theory and Social Work intervention is that of immigration and the problems faced by immigrants in the USA. It is important to note that the USA would not be what it is today without Latin America or immigrants. By the same token Latin America cannot be understood without the USA.
The “Bracero Program” (from the Spanish: brazos, arms) saw thousands of Mexican nationals enter the US to work in agriculture. In the 1960’s the Cuban Revolution also saw a flow of immigrants come into the US. During the 1990’s, immigration to the USA increased, particularly from Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The trend continued during the 2000’s, however, by the second …show more content…
For example, the Pew Research Center has reported that the majority of the Latin American immigrants, both documented or not, came from Mexico, and that the Hispanic population is the youngest with an average age of 28 against 43 of whites (López & Radford, 2017; Pew Research Center, 2015). The Pew Research Center has also pointed that in 2014, an estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the U.S., this number has not unchanged much since 2009 and is even down from a peak of 12.2 million in …show more content…
As has been reported by the Pew Research Center (Stepler & Brown, 2016), Hispanics/Latinos are younger than the non-Hispanic population in the US with a median age of 28 years; and according to the 2008 census (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010) they also represent an increasing proportion of the total affluent market (defined as adults with household incomes of $100,000 or more). The CDC has reported that in the decades ranging from 1991 to the year 2000, the percentage of affluent Latinos increased up to 126% (CDC). However, and in spite of the fact that the income levels are rising for the Hispanic/Latino community, median income is still lower than the U.S.
An interesting way to merge both concepts of System Justification Theory and Social Work intervention is that of immigration and the problems faced by immigrants in the USA. It is important to note that the USA would not be what it is today without Latin America or immigrants. By the same token Latin America cannot be understood without the USA.
The “Bracero Program” (from the Spanish: brazos, arms) saw thousands of Mexican nationals enter the US to work in agriculture. In the 1960’s the Cuban Revolution also saw a flow of immigrants come into the US. During the 1990’s, immigration to the USA increased, particularly from Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The trend continued during the 2000’s, however, by the second …show more content…
For example, the Pew Research Center has reported that the majority of the Latin American immigrants, both documented or not, came from Mexico, and that the Hispanic population is the youngest with an average age of 28 against 43 of whites (López & Radford, 2017; Pew Research Center, 2015). The Pew Research Center has also pointed that in 2014, an estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants lived in the U.S., this number has not unchanged much since 2009 and is even down from a peak of 12.2 million in …show more content…
As has been reported by the Pew Research Center (Stepler & Brown, 2016), Hispanics/Latinos are younger than the non-Hispanic population in the US with a median age of 28 years; and according to the 2008 census (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010) they also represent an increasing proportion of the total affluent market (defined as adults with household incomes of $100,000 or more). The CDC has reported that in the decades ranging from 1991 to the year 2000, the percentage of affluent Latinos increased up to 126% (CDC). However, and in spite of the fact that the income levels are rising for the Hispanic/Latino community, median income is still lower than the U.S.