South American Immigrants During The 19th Century

South America as a whole was second only to the United States in receiving migrants during the 19th century, this openness steadily eroded. Various economic, social, and political developments over the course of the 20th century led to increasingly restrictive migration policies in the region. A series of economic crises affecting most countries in the region led to an up rise in emigration within and beyond South America. National governments in South America and elsewhere previously saw emigrants as potential traitors and took steps to disenfranchise and denaturalize them by obtaining their citizenship. This shift in perception is clear in the numerous laws adopted since the 1990s allowing dual citizenship and external voting.. The number of South America immigrants grew from 90,000 in 1960 to around 2.9 million in 2014. Also by 2014, their share increase to 7 percent of the nation’s 42.4 million immigrants. Of the total 11.6 million South American migrants worldwide, more than one third resided in other South American countries. In Addition, South American immigrant adults overall were older than the native- born population. South American immigrant adult( ages 25 or older) were much more likely to have at least a high school education than all foreign- born adults. Today, new laws are slowly and without conflict and detours, catching up with the very open public discourse toward migrants.