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| People entering a country |
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| Migrants to Latin America |
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| Spanish, Portuguese, Africans, Italians, Germans |
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| Large Italian migration to Latin America from the US |
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| US cities Latin Americans mostly migrated to |
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| New York, So Cal, Florida, Texas, Illinois, New Jersey |
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| Amount of people in US who say they're Latin American |
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| New Latin America to US destination locations |
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| Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa |
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| 1960 - U.S. changed immigration laws (what did these laws do?) |
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Opened doors for more immigration
If you became a citizen, you have the right to bring in children and a spouse |
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| Becoming a citizen and bringing in your children and spouse |
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| smugglers of people into another country for money |
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| people living in one place (foreign country)but using transportation and technology to "live" in both places |
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| Order of importance of immigrant money sent home |
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1. To pay off loan sharks
2. Spending money on spouses and children
3. Work on establishing their own household |
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| Immigrants come together in a foreign country and organize with hometown pride |
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| large amount of remittances sent to other countries |
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| Born overseas but socialized in the US |
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Latin Americans
(according to recent census) |
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| Produced heavily in Ecuador and exported to New York -- created "hat trail" that created large immigration to New York in the 1950s and 60s |
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| It became harder to cross in the 80s so Latin Americans sought help of loan sharks to pay the coyotes at large interest rates of 3-8% a month. They put family's possesssions as collateral and many lost their farm lands this way. Those that make it to US get many jobs in order to repay these loans. |
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| Goal of immigration to US |
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| To make money and return to home countries to live prosperous life |
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