The Latino community in New York City

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Traditionally, the media tend to focus their attention on the Latino migration in States such as Texas, California, New Mexico, in other words on southern states close to the Mexican border. The East Coast seems to be completely forgotten as it remained as the gateway for the Europeans in America. I will examine the actual shift in terms of history and study the reasons underpinning the tremendous change. Secondly, I will emphasize the geographical implications of the shift within the city, more precisely where the new migrants settled and how the face of New York changed over the decades. Finally, I will address the future of this new wave of migration.

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[...] It seems that there is no Latino community along the Atlantic if one is to listen to the newspapers. This vision is naturally untrue and I chose the example of New York City, home to a large Latino community, to emphasize the diversity of the Latino migration to the United States of America. New York in particular strikes my interest as Ellis Island among other symbols of the European migration to the US are located in this particular city whereas ironically, most of today's migrants come from the Americas. [...]

[...] However, the way immigrants will be treated in the next decades in New York City will have a big impact on the immigration issues at the national level of the United States as what happens in New York City is reflective of the US in general. If the Latino integration is successful, the hype and anxiety around the immigration debate will be dampened, therefore this city serves as a testing ground. Bibliography Websites http://www.census.gov/ http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ http://aging.state.ny.us/explore/projections/index.htm Books and essays U.S. immigration : a reference handbook / Michael C. LeMay, Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO U.S. immigration in the 1980s : reappraisal and reform/David E. [...]

[...] However, other Latinos settled in the city for longer periods, such as many Puerto Ricans, have a better social status and that is why a growing number of them are leaving the city for a better place. Another interesting feature of the Latino community of New York is their very young age when compared to other groups. The US Census data show that Latinos' median age is about 29 years old as opposed to 35 for the population at large. [...]

[...] Simco, Washington, D.C. : Center for Immigration Studies U.S. immigration policy / Richard R. Hofstetter, Duke University Press U.S. immigration policy and the undocumented : ambivalent laws, furtive lives / Helene Hayes ; foreword by Eric R. Kingson, Westport, Conn. [...]

[...] Geographically, Latinos are concentrated in limited areas although they tend to spread across the city. Concerning the Dominicans of them are concentrated in Manhattan but the Bronx is home to nearly as many Dominicans. As for the Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island areas, these are places where the amount of Dominicans is fast-growing. Concerning the Puerto Ricans, many of them as previously said are leaving the city and they now account for only 37% of the Latino population of New York. [...]