Question

How do Americans feel about Latin American immigration?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Both the size and composition of the U.S. foreign-born population have grown since 1960, rising from 9.7 million to nearly 40 million in 2010. Latin Americans were a major driver of this trend, as their numbers soared from less than one million in 1960 to nearly 19 million in 2010.1 The source countries also became more diverse, especially after 1970, when flows from Central America, Cuba, and Dominican Republic surged. These census-based stock measures, which combine recent and prior immigration as well as temporary and unauthorized residents, reveal little about the pathways to U.S. residence, the ebb and flow of migrants from specific countries, or the forces that produce and sustain the flows.