Immigration is Mostly About Fertility

Immigration is Mostly About Fertility

Mary Mata February 8, 2013

By Jonathan V. Last, Los Angeles Times When it comes to immigration, demographers have a general rule of thumb: Countries with fertility rates below the replacement level (2.1) tend to […]

Latinos & Birth Control, Great Infographic!

NewsTaco

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Love this Infographic! It was done by our friends at MAP Political Communication, in Austin, Texas. Very few things tell a story better than a picture, […]

2nd Generation Exceed Immigrants in Income & Education

Mary Mata

PRESS RELEASE Second-generation Americans—-the 20 million adult U.S.-born children of immigrants—-are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socio-economic attainment, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of […]

The Rise of The Second Generation U.S. Latinos

Mary Mata February 1, 2013

By Joseph M. Humire and Fernando D. Menéndez, The Hill Click on picture to read story. [Photo by mahalie]

Latinos Will Become Largest California Ethnic Group in 2013

Mary Mata January 21, 2013

By Aaron Sankin, Huffingon Post Click on picture to read story. [Photo by  moodboardphotography]

Citizen Kids Suffer Trauma at Separation from Immig. Parents

Mary Mata January 15, 2013

By Rocio Romero, El Nuevo Sol/New america Media  U.S.-born María Vasques was just six years old when her mother Edith Barrios kissed her goodbye. She told María that she was […]

Child Brokers in the Latino Community

Mary Mata January 14, 2013

By Vikki S. Katz, Ph.D., LIN@R For many Latino immigrant communities, the scene is all too familiar: A situation in which immigrant needs to communicate in a different language and the […]

American Children, Now Struggling to Adjust to Life in Mexico

Mary Mata January 11, 2013

By Damien Cave, New York Times Click on picture to read story. [Photo by fiat luxe]

Immigration Change to Ease Family Separations

Mary Mata January 3, 2013

By Julia Preston, New York Times Click on picture to read story. [Photo by mahalie]

U.S. Latino Pregnancies Fall, Choice is Smaller Families

Mary Mata January 2, 2013

By Susan Saulny, New York Times Click on picture to read story. [Photo by coloniera2]