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According to USCB, the first generation of immigrants is composed of individuals who are foreign-born, which includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, protracted temporary residents (such as long-staying foreign students and migrant workers, but not tourists and family visitors), humanitarian migrants (such as refugees and asylees), and even unauthorized migrants.
Beginning in the 1920s, visa controls and deportations became regular mechanisms to regulate Mexican immigration. [241] Finally in 1929, Congress passed the Aliens Act of 1929, known as Blease's Law, which turned undocumented entry into the U.S. a misdemeanor and re-entry a felony. [242]
The first Mexican braceros arrived in California in 1917. In the late nineteenth century, liberal Mexican president Porfirio Díaz embarked on a program of economic modernization that triggered not only a wave of internal migration in Mexico from rural areas to cities, but also Mexican emigration to the United States. A railway network was ...
Argentine immigration to Mexico took place in two waves; during the 1970s Military Dictatorship in Argentina a significant number of dissidents, journalists and political exiles immigrated to Mexico, with a second wave migrating during the 2001 economic crisis. Currently, the Argentine community is the 9th largest in Mexico, with about 18,693 ...
A conservative president jump-started what became a remarkable success story unfolded for undocumented children in the United States.
I’m a proud, first-generation, college-educated and gay Mexican American with undocumented family in the United States, including a mother who was previously deported to Mexico, and I ...
In Canada, immigration is the largest contributor to population growth. On average, immigrants have higher educational qualifications than the native population. The country has a selective immigration policy with a points system that favours qualified workers by taking personal skills, experience and age into account.
A new migrant caravan of approximately 2,000 people formed in southern Mexico on Monday, largely made up of people that have been on the move since Christmas Eve who say the Mexican government's ...