Latinos See U.S. as Better Than Place of Family’s Ancestry for Opportunity, Raising Kids, Health Care Access
Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
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Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
The number of Hispanic registered voters in Florida has increased 6.2% since the 2016 presidential election, to a record 2.1 million people. Hispanics now make up a record 16.4% of Florida’s registered voters, up from 15.7% in 2016.
About a million immigrants receive U.S. green cards each year, but fewer than half are new arrivals from other countries. The majority already live in the United States on temporary visas.
A record 25.2 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2014 midterms, or 11% of eligible voters nationwide. But in many states with close races this year, Latinos make up a smaller share of eligible voters.
There are 299,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Massachusetts, 6% of all eligible voters in the state.
There are 353,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania, 4% of all eligible voters in the state.
There are 677,000 eligible Hispanic voters in New Jersey, 11% of all eligible voters in the state.
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