Education a Top Issue for Most Latino Voters
A majority of Latino voters say education is an extremely important issue in this year’s election.
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A majority of Latino voters say education is an extremely important issue in this year’s election.
During the five-year period from 2005 to 2010, a total of 1.4 million Mexicans immigrated to the United States, down by more than half from the 3 million who had done so in the five-year period of 1995 to 2000.
About four-in-ten (43%) of Asian-Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, double that of the general public.
Most Latinos support proposed DREAM Act legislation that would grant legal status to unauthorized immigrant children if they meet certain conditions.
Most Americans continue to support Arizona’s controversial immigration law, though most Hispanics disapprove of the law.
More than eight-in-ten Republicans (84%) say the nation should impose tighter restrictions on immigration, compared with about six-in-ten Democrats (58%). The gap is 26 percentage points.
About one-in-six migrants sent back to Mexico (17%) were apprehended at work or at home in 2010.
Three-quarters of U.S. Hispanics prefer a big government which provides more services to a small one providing fewer services. This figure is significally lower among the public at large.
An estimated 214 million people worldwide reside in a country other than the one where they were born. The U.S. is home to more migrants than any other country — 42.8 million.
Hispanics will account for the vast majority — 74% — of the 10.5 million workers added to the labor force between 2010 and 2020.
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