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    Chapter 2: Mexican Immigrants Then and Now

    With the slowdown in recent immigration, Mexican immigrants living in the United States today are a more settled population than they were 25 years ago, an era before large numbers of their authorized and unauthorized fellow citizens crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Compared with 1990, Mexican immigrants in 2013 were considerably older (median age of 39 […]

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    9. Views of the nation, how it’s changing and confidence in the future

    The public continues to express mixed opinions about the United States’ standing in the world. About half (52%) say the U.S. is “one of” the world’s greatest nations, while 32% say it “stands above” all others. Relatively few (15%) say there are countries that are better than the United States. Most Americans are not highly […]

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    References

    Cuddington, Danielle and Richard Wike. 2015. “Declining Ratings for Mexico’s Peña Nieto: Fewer Say Government Is Making Progress against Drug Cartels.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, August. Jensen, Eric. 2015. “China Replaces Mexico as the Top Sending Country for Immigrants in the United States.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau, May. Kohut et al. 2009. “Most […]

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    Appendix B: Methodology

    This appendix describes the specific items used from these various sources and the development of some of the migration measures used in the report. Data from the Mexican Survey of Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), the American Community Survey, the U.S. censuses of 1990 and 2000, and the Current Population Survey are based on Pew Research Center […]

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    3. Views of government’s performance and role in specific areas

    Amid a climate of deep distrust and frustration with government, the public’s ratings of the federal government’s performance in a range of areas stand out for being relatively positive. In 10 of the 13 areas tested in the survey, half or more say the federal government is doing a very good or somewhat good job. […]

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    Immigrants’ Contributions to Job Creation

    Immigrants are now a sizable segment of the U.S. workforce. In 2014, the nation’s 146 million workers included 24 million immigrants, accounting for 16.6% of total employment.[26. numoffset=”26″ Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015)] Immigrants occupied an even more significant presence within the self-employed workforce last year. Some 2.8 million, or 19%, of the nation’s 14.6 […]

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    About This Report

    This report analyzes the magnitude and trend of recent migration flows between Mexico and the United States, the motivations of Mexican immigrants who left the U.S. and returned to their home country, the characteristics of Mexican-born immigrants in the U.S. now and two and a half decades ago, the connections Mexicans have with family and […]

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    Chapter 3: Mexicans Report Fewer Connections in the U.S.

    The decline in the number of Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. also is reflected in a 2015 Pew Research Center survey done in Mexico, in which a decreasing share of Mexicans report connections in the U.S. Today, 35% of adults in Mexico say they have friends or relatives they regularly communicate with or visit […]