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Origin of Latinos problem in US

Introduction

The United States is a territory which had invited immigrates to a great extend. For years, the government had promoted immigration to the United States and now that it is the strongest territory in the world. People, especially from countries, which were earlier under Spanish and Roman rule, had started their migration to US since 1960's. These people constitute in the form of different minority groups in North America. However, currently, the government does not desire more people to migrate to the US. Immigration over the years has slowly evolved into a problem. However, the effects of immigration were considered good in the past when there was a need of population and economy had enough growth capacity.

Discussion

Who are Hispanic / Latino?

The terms Hispanic and Latino have been broadly used to collectively designate the variety of minority groups in North America associated through a common use of the Spanish language. In July 2001, Hispanics became the largest minority group in the United States (37 million, or 13 percent of the population), for the first time overtaking African Americans (36.1 million, or 12.7 percent of the population).

Hispanic is most commonly used in government and political life, as in the naming of the Congressional Hispanic group. Latino refers in a somewhat broader sense to Americans of Latin American descent, though the terms are often used interchangeably. When asked by a poll, survey, or census, Hispanics most often identify themselves either as Americans or as part of the national community from which they descended, rather than as Hispanic or Latino The U.S. government understood that its category of "Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino," devised for statistical purposes could include people of any race. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined Hispanic or Latino as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

Origin of Mexican-American

In the postwar period, many Mexican Americans, called Chicanos, entered the United States, providing much-needed field-hand support to western agriculture. Under an agreement with the Mexican government, nearly 220,000 Mexicans entered the United States between 1942 and 1947, working in California truck farms, Texas cotton fields, and Northwest sugar-beet fields. The wartime employment boom also contributed to the rise of Latino populations in West Coast cities and other urban areas, as families and individuals came to America in search of greater opportunities and work. The largest numbers of Latinos came to the United States from the Caribbean, South America, Puerto Rico, and Mexico, settling primarily in the southwestern states, New York, and regions of Florida.

Among Mexican Americans, the civil rights struggle was referred to as the Chicano Movement. While it did not fully manifest itself until after 1968, the development of the movement can be observed in the decades leading up to that watershed year. The movement was multidimensional in character and included a student movement, an antiwar movement, demands for social justice and land rights, labor unionization efforts, a political party, and an arts movement, all expressive of regional experiences and concerns. Later, ...