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    Historical Overview of Pentecostalism in Brazil

    Origins and Growth 1910s-1930s: An Italian missionary establishes the pentecostal Christian Congregation in 1910 among immigrants in São Paulo; in 1911, Swedish missionaries establish a church in Belém that becomes the Assemblies of God (AG) (Anderson 2004: 70-71). The AG begins ordaining indigenous pastors in 1921, and transfers leadership to Brazilians in 1930. The total […]

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    IV. Impact of the Immigration Marches

    A New Social Movement? The pro-immigrant marches were notable both because of their size in some cities and because they took place in so many communities across the country. They were also notable because these unprecedented rallies were mainly the result of a grass-roots effort that involved the Spanish-language media, local immigrant rights coalitions, local […]

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    III. Impact of the Immigration Debate

    Perceptions of Discrimination As in 2002 and 2004, a significant majority of Latinos (82%) say that discrimination is a problem that prevents Latinos in general from succeeding in America. The intensity of that attitude, however, has increased: 58% of Hispanics now say discrimination is a “major” problem, compared with 44% in the 2002 National Survey […]

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    V. Changes in Employment by Nativity

    The foreign-born workforce in the U.S. is growing at a greater rate than the native-born workforce. Even though foreign-born workers represent only 15% of the total labor force, they accounted for 50% of the growth in the labor force from the second quarter of 2005 to the second quarter of 2006. Almost matching the rapid […]

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    VI. The Share of Foreign-Born Workers

    The foreign-born workforce tends to grow at the slowest rate in places where there is already the greatest number of foreign-born workers. If a population is already large, then even substantial increases in the numbers will produce a small rate of growth. The previous sections focused on growth rates. This section focuses on states with […]

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    VII. Education and Age as Factors

    The immigrant workforce is characterized by its relative youth and its low levels of education. Most foreign-born workers fall between the ages of 25 and 44 and a smaller share has a college education compared to the native born. Does it follow, then, that the concentration of such workers would have a more pronounced effect […]

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    IV. Changes in Employment, 2005 and 2006

    From the second quarter of 2005 to the second quarter of 2006, the working-age population (16 and older) in the U.S. increased by 2.8 million (Table 1). Most of this growth, 1.9 million, could be attributed to minorities, with Hispanics the single largest source. Total employment increased by 2.7 million in the same time period. […]

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    VI. Views on Policy Options

    The pro-immigrant marches were a response to the debate over immigration reform in Washington, which has produced two legislative proposals. The first, approved by the House of Representatives in December, would mandate construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, require employers to verify the Social Security numbers of all employees, increase fines against […]

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    Cubans in the United States

    Compared with the rest of the Hispanic population in the United States, Cubans are older, have a higher level of education, higher median household income and higher rate of home ownership.

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    Border Crossing Cards

    The number of individual entries by Mexicans and Canadians who have border crossing cards and were authorized for temporary stays in the U.S. in 2004.