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    V. Politics, Values and Religion

    Latinos have often been characterized as more socially conservative than most Americans. On some issues, such as abortion, that’s true. But on others, such as the acceptance of homosexuality, it is not. When it comes to their own assessments of their political views, Latinos, more so than the general public, say their views are liberal. […]

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    II. Identity, Pan-Ethnicity and Race

    It has been nearly four decades since the United States government mandated the use by federal agencies of the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, but the labels still haven’t been fully embraced by the group to which they have been affixed. Only about one-quarter (24%) of […]

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    Section 2: Assessing Obama and Romney’s Support

      All indications suggest that the 2012 vote will be a very close one. Barack Obama has never trailed Romney in head-to-head matchups with Romney over the past nine months. Obama currently holds a four-point advantage (50% to 46%) among all registered voters, which is not statistically significant. And if the higher engagement and interest […]

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    Appendix A: Destination Spotlights

    Spotlight on the United States The United States is often described as “a nation of immigrants,” a phrase coined by John F. Kennedy in an essay written in 1958 when he was the junior senator from Massachusetts.8 As the future president wrote, “This was the secret of America: a nation of people with the fresh […]

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    Table: Estimated Percentage of Immigrants by Region

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    Table: Estimated Number of Immigrants by Region

    .footnotes p{ color: #58585B;font-size: 1.2em !important; } td:nth-child(2){ border-right:1px solid #ccc; } td{ padding: 8px 5px !important; } Display: Number | Percentage View By: Religious Affiliation | Region To / Destination country Total number of migrants From North America From Latin America, Caribbean From Asia-Pacific From Europe From Middle East-North Africa From Sub-Saharan Africa Afghanistan […]

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    Appendix B: Methodology and the Construction of the Global Religion and Migration Database (GRMD)

    Conceptual Framework The religion of international migrants has been investigated in many parts of the world (for research reviews see Cadge and Ecklund 2007, Ebaugh 2003, and Koenig 2005).21 But most studies have focused on particular religious groups in specific destination countries, such as Catholic immigrants in the U.S. or Muslim immigrants in the United […]

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    III. The Economic Recovery for Native-born and Foreign-born Workers

    Foreign-born workers are experiencing a faster rate of growth in employment in the economic recovery than are native-born workers. From the fourth quarter of 2009 to the fourth quarter of 2011, the employment of foreign-born workers rose from 21.5 million to 22.6 million, an increase of 5.2%. Also, their employment level at the end of […]

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    Overview of Migrants’ Origins and Destinations

    This report begins where all international migrants begin – in their home countries. More than 77 million migrants, or about 36% of the worldwide total, have come from the 10 leading origin countries. Overall, Mexico has been the largest single source of migrants (12.9 million), followed closely by India (11.8 million) and Russia (11.3 million). […]