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Mexican Immigrant Political and Economic Incorporation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2006

Frank D. Bean ,
Susan K. Brown  and
Rubén G. Rumbaut
Frank D. Bean
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine (fbean@uci.edu)
Susan K. Brown
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine (skbrown@uci.edu)
Rubén G. Rumbaut
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine (rrumbaut@uci.edu)
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As the United States begins the twenty-first century, it remains the world's leading immigration country. In 2000 (the latest year for which migration data are available on a global basis) the United States was home to almost 35 million legal and unauthorized migrants, or 2.7 times as many as any other country. Although other nations have higher proportions of foreign-born residents (e.g., nearly 25 percent in Australia and 20 percent in Canada), the globally dominant position of the United States in regard to numbers of new immigrants reinforces its self-image as a “nation of immigrants,” as does the fact that immigration is generally seen as contributing to the country's economic and demographic strength. However, over the past three decades, more and more new arrivals with non-European origins have come to the country (more than four-fifths are Latino and Asian), many with very low levels of education and illegal status at entry. These changes have fueled public concerns and led to heated debates over whether U.S. admissions and settlement-related policies ought to be modified.Frank D. Bean is Professor of Sociology (fbean@uci.edu), Susan K. Brown is Assistant Professor of Sociology (skbrown@uci.edu),and Rubén G. Rumbaut is Professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine (rrumbaut@uci.edu). Some of the research results reported in this paper come from a research project entitled “Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles” and supported by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 309 - 313
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© 2006 American Political Science Association

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