Presentation Information
[SY-33-01]The Wall : Latin American migrations.
*Sergio Javier Villaseñor-Bayardo (Universidad de Guadalajara. México(Mexico))
Keywords:
Migration,LAtin America,Mexican,Walls,culture
Purpose.- Expose how pointless is building walls in order to prevent immigration and create consciousness on the importance of Latin American immigration to the U.S. The most common characteristics of the Hispanic population in the U.S. are low income, low education level, high unemployment rates, the second largest community (after African Americans) of people in prison, and the largest number households. Even more remarkable, from a socio-cultural vantage standpoint, the pace and level of assimilation to the so-called American lifestyle (culture in its many forms, economic and civic life) is the slowest among Mexicans and other Latin Americans. This trend persists even though immigrants who arrived in the past 25 years have assimilated faster than their counterparts of a century ago, according to a report by the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. In summary, Latino immigration to North America is a massive picture that has been present in the world scene for over a century.