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    III. Unauthorized Migrants: Families and Children

    Gender and family composition Because unauthorized migration is driven primarily by the search for better wages (Kochhar 2005), the undocumented migrant is commonly thought of as a young, male worker usually unaccompanied by a wife or children. In fact, the full portrait of the unauthorized migrant population is more varied. Unauthorized migrants also live as […]

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    Appendix 1: Background on Voting by Mexicans Abroad

    Proposals to allow voting by Mexicans living outside the country to vote began circulating in Mexican political and academic circles at least a decade ago as the country undertook a reform of its electoral system and the migrant population in the United States boomed. The subject gained urgency under President Vicente Fox, who was elected […]

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    IV. Why Didn’t They Register?

    Mexicans living in the United States offered a variety of reasons for why expatriates did not register for the absentee ballot. The survey shows that the requirements for registering, along with a lack of information on the process, were significant obstacles. Many people also found the process too difficult. Mexico remains of primary interest to […]

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    II. Eligible Voters: Three Million Strong, Young and Recently Arrived

    The most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that nearly 9.7 million persons born in Mexico who were at least 18 years old lived in the United States as of March 2005.[1. Based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Current Population Survey.] Given that population’s pace of growth in recent years, […]

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    Economy Now Seen Through Partisan Prism

    Summary of Findings As President Bush prepares for his Jan. 31 State of the Union address, the public remains skeptical that the economy is improving, in spite of recent positive signals. Overall, about a third of Americans (34%) rate economic conditions as excellent or good, while nearly twice that number say they are fair or […]

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    Bush a Drag on Republican Midterm Prospects

    Summary of Findings Nine months before the midterm elections, the Democrats hold a sizable lead in the congressional horse race and an advantage on most major issues. Democrats lead by 50%-41% among registered voters in the test ballot, which is little changed from last September (52%-40%). While retaining a huge advantage on traditional party strengths […]

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    VI. The Determinants of Socioeconomic Status

    The occupational attainment of all workers improves rapidly with education. Experience in the labor market is another factor that adds significantly to a worker’s occupational status. However, the contribution of experience to a worker’s status does eventually fade over time. Two factors that are important to the success of immigrant workers are English-language skills and […]

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    VIII. Conclusions

    This report has highlighted the stark differences in the occupational distributions and socioeconomic status of Hispanic and white workers. Hispanics are concentrated in lowwage occupations with minimal educational requirements and poor socioeconomic status. The record economic expansion of the 1990s did little to lessen the gap between Hispanics and whites. In fact, the opposite happened: […]

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    VII. The Occupational Mobility of College-Educated Hispanics

    A college degree opens the doors to higher levels of occupational attainment for Hispanics both in absolute terms and relative to the attainment of whites. Among immigrants, a college degree appears to be strongly related with the possibility of reaching parity in occupational status with whites. Consistent with the findings in the preceding section, results […]