Latino Migration

Although Latino populations gradually become vital parts of American society, they still face

Mexican Americans/Chicanx people in the United States throughout the 20th century have always had disadvantages in the United States. They been fighting oppression, discrimination and equal rights in this country. From establishing a colonial labor system, enforced immigration laws, LAPD police brutality, El Plan de Aztlán, El Plan de Santa Bárbara, and the 1968 walkouts. The history of Chicanx people in this country is huge but is still not really well known by many but thanks to all of the fighting for equal rights that Chicanx people fought for we now have ethnic classes that teaches us about our own history and empower us to keep on fighting for our rights. All the way back to the industrialization era in the United States, the economy grew and new opportunities of labor became available.

The negative stereotype that Latinos are indefinitely stuck in poverty is created by the tendency to average the progress of new immigrants to those of older immigrants. “Since Latino immigration continues, averaging together the poverty rates or homeownership levels of large numbers of people who arrived recently with those who have been here for decades can provide a skewed view of progress,” (America’s Assimilating Hispanics). However, longitudinal studies, when properly measured and displayed, show that Latino immigrants are making economic progress.

Often being ignored or rejected, the Hispanic community suffers a bad perception from the Americans and is many times associated with the stereotypes that they have especially regarding unemployment, education and crime rates. While in reality, Hispanics are completely different from these beliefs and wage an everyday fight in order to live their American dream, it is important to make clear what this minority is actually facing from an economic point of view. Fifty-six million. This is the number representing the Hispanic population of the United States in July 1, 2015. This makes people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority by being more than seventeen percent of the nation’s total population.

The Latino immigrants faced many challenges when they first arrived in the United States. Mario Bauza was from Cuba. In his home town, he was always made fun of, once he arrived in New York, the freedom that he felt was amazing. He was a great clarinet player, but he was faced with the challenge to have to learn Jazz music. Once he career was off to a great start, he sent for his brother-in-law to join him in his career. Muchito was known as the soul of music, once he was established in New York. The music from Cuba made its way to New York City and they intertwined it in the Jazz music to put a spin on it. The music spoke directly to the Latinos’ that have moved to New York. They say it changed their lives. It was known as the bridge

However, the fact is that most Americans have the impression that Hispanic immigrants are perceived as a threat for not assimilating into the American mainstream, more so into the Anglo-Protestant values. Why is that? Is it for fear that the Spanish Language may overrun the country? Similarly, Neil Foley, author of, Mexicans In The Making of America, asks the same questions, why fear? In his prologue chapter, Foley makes a point by proving the fact that in the past, Mexican immigrants were not a concern but were, “ let in to provide the labor force for the rapidly expanding economy”(2).

This book explores the relational forces of the Latino migrant movement and the homeland security state. From 2001-2012, the intensification of deportations towards the Latino community increased from 180,000 to 400,000+ deportations. Although the book frames this period as a time of great state repression and violence, it has been categorized as a time of great resistance, organization, and mobilization and analyzes the 2006 Mega Marches. The author takes a Gramscian approach to illustrate how the struggle for immigrant politics occurs at both the state level and that of civil society. Gonzales expands on the role of immigrant right activists and the ways they have framed their rights claims. He also explores the causes that have limited the

The search for a better opportunity was still present in the 1990s and thousands of legal and (illegal) immigrants arrived daily (most from Mexico). Debates over do you immigration policy occurred; majority of Americans believed that they could not accept any more immigrants and proposition 187 cut all education and non-emergency health benefits to be illegal immigrants. The patterns in immigration changed America 's ethnic and racial makeup causing places like California to become major my Nordie states with Asian-Americans, Latinos African-Americans, and Native Americans making up more than half of its

Bridgeton, New Jersey is well known for having a large Latino/Hispanic population. The fact that I am also Mexican-American makes it easier to relate to surrounding Latino population because I have come across situations that show the gains and losses of migrating from another country. Up to this date my dad always repeats to us that if it were not for his children he would have left back to his hometown in Guerrero because he does not feel a sense of belonging in the United States even though he has been here for more than 25 years. As stated in the chapter one of the main reasons why many Latinos decide to migrate is in search of a better future for themselves and their loved ones. As a social worker I am able to relate to the Latino population because I understand their culture on a personal level, however those that are not able to have that experience this chapter helps convey one of the many struggles that the Latino population has to face and how to properly go about

I became interested in this topic because both my parents came from Mexico to Los Angeles in 1975. They both wanted to have better economic opportunities in the US and wanted to achieve the “American Dream.” As my father and mother both settled in Los Angeles, both acquired jobs working

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES: HISPANICS IN THE UNITED STATES Sveta Chintakayala Ms. Padilla Garay 6th Grade P.3B When I say Hispanics, what do you think? Do you think last names of Rodriguez, Diaz, and Martinez? Do you think about how there are so many Hispanics in this country that proudly carry those last names into their very own victory?

What's interesting is that 41% of the immigrant population is made up of the Mexican community; however, over the past 30 years, we've seen roughly the same migration patterns from the Mexican people, as opposed to other immigrant groups in the area. According to statistics from the Dornsife College, there's been a significant rise in the number of people emigrating from El Salvador, Guatemala, the Philippines, and even Korea. Therefore, we can more effectively conclude that most likely violence, despotism, and/or poverty in Latin America and beyond has sparked immigration from those countries, El Salvador being the most deadly. Instead of trying to understand these different circumstances, we try to demonize those immigrating to the United States with three claims: that they're only here to steal American jobs, take advantage of the welfare state, and overrun the country with the same crime they had in their original country. Often times, this sentiment stems from living only one perspective all one's life, which is in this case the average middle-class

Unlike Mexicans, Filipinos immigrants have assimilated into United States society as they are more adept to assimilating into United States society for a multitude of reasons. The main reason that they are assimilating with ease, according to the Pew Research Center, is because of their education. South East Asian immigrants, as a total __% have at least college some college education compared to just __% for Mexican immigrants (Pew Research). This education allows the South East Asian immigrants to maintain a greater median income when compared to the Mexican immigrants, which launches the majority of South East Asian immigrants into the middle class, meanwhile most Mexican immigrants, because of their lack of education, are held perpetually

save and buy a home for her family, and send her sons to college. When the Asians immigrated to the United States at first they were low skilled, low wage laborers. They assimilated into neighborhoods more than any other race, and they marry across racial lines. Currently most Asian immigrants obtain green cards through sponsorship of family members, and employment visas. Geographically they tend to live in the Western States.

La Paz Brief history Founded in 1548 by Spanish conquistadores looking for gold, *La Paz* swiftly became a thriving economic centre with merchants from all over heading here to trade in coca, tin, silver and gold, and facilitating routes from coast to Andes and onward to [Buenos Aires]. Within a century, the city was inhabited by a few hundred Spaniards and quite a few thousand indigenous Bolivians, each fraction taking up opposite shores of the Choqueyapu River. Although several Indio rebellions initiated here, each was met with tough and brutal resistance from the occupiers, and it wasn’t until 1825 that independence from the Spanish Crown was finally achieved. By then, *La Paz* was the most prominent and largest of all the cities, and even though *Sucre* remained the official capital, * La Paz* was, and still remains, home of the President and Government.