80% of Central American migrants choose US, 30% in just four counties

[rangerrebew]

80% of Central American migrants choose US, 30% in just four counties

by Paul Bedard
| September 04, 2019 11:26 AM




Some 80% of all Central American immigrants have landed in the United States, and about 30% live in just four U.S. counties, according to a new analysis of the growing population.

In a demonstration of how immigrant communities attract new immigrants, the federal and international statistics analyzed by the Migration Policy Institute found that the top four counties for Latin migrants are Los Angeles County, California, Harris County, Texas, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Prince George’s County, Maryland.

The new report also identified which populations were the biggest in those counties.


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/80-of-central-american-migrants-choose-us-30-in-just-4-counties

[PeteS in CA]

Is there a Central South American country that is not a mess or worse? Maybe Chile? The US is closer and easier to get to. Keep in mind, too, that California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas have had Spaish-speaking people since those states were Spanish colonies. "Immigrants attract immigrants" is true - consider how many cities had Jewish, Italian, Polish, German*, etc. enclaves - but is an over-simplification.

* The town near which I grew up reached 10K population somewhere around 1951 or 1952. The Lutheran church in that town did not move from services being in German to services being in English until some time in the late 1930s. The town had quite a few families who were Volga Germans, German-speaking people who had left the Ukraine in the early 1900s, anticipating what Russia would become.

[Jazzhead]

I recall visiting as a child my grandparents in Montclair New Jersey,  where my grandfather worked as a union carpenter.  I recall being fascinated by the union local's roster,  where at least 95 percent had Scandinavian surnames.   Of course immigrants attract immigrants - that is how they find mutual support in an unfamiliar land.   But the fact of first generation immigrant communities does not prevent assimilation.   To the contrary, in my observed experience such mutual support helps to accelerate the process.

I have little fear that the current wave of legal immigrants and migrants will fail to assimilate.  They will do just fine. My concern lies solely with illegals forced to live underground and separate from the larger American diaspora.

[OfTheCross]

80% of Central American migrants choose US, 30% in just four counties

by Paul Bedard
| September 04, 2019 11:26 AM




Some 80% of all Central American immigrants have landed in the United States, and about 30% live in just four U.S. counties, according to a new analysis of the growing population.

In a demonstration of how immigrant communities attract new immigrants, the federal and international statistics analyzed by the Migration Policy Institute found that the top four counties for Latin migrants are Los Angeles County, California, Harris County, Texas, Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Prince George’s County, Maryland.

The new report also identified which populations were the biggest in those counties.


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