Friday, September 19, 2008

Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating

Half (50%) of all Latinos say that the situation of Latinos in this country is worse now than it was a year ago, according to a new nationwide survey of 2,015 Hispanic adults conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center.

This pessimism is especially prevalent among immigrants, who account for 54% of all Hispanic adults in the United States. Fully 63% of these Latino immigrants say that the situation of Latinos has worsened over the past year. In 2007, just 42% of all adult Hispanic immigrants--and just 33% of all Hispanic adults--said the same thing.

These increasingly downbeat assessments come at a time when the Hispanic community in this country--numbering approximately 46 million, or 15.4% of the total U.S. civilian non-institutional population--has been hit hard by rising unemployment (Kochhar 2008) and stepped-up immigration enforcement. (more) (Complete Report)

2 comments:

  1. All Hispanics must vote for Obama. No matter what happens they'll be better served, much better served than they would be by the republicans. Just my opinion. :o)

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  2. Si, yo estoy de acuerdo.
    juanKa.

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