Overview

The 2010 census reports that 12% of U.S. residents (40 million people) are foreign-born and 11% of the native born population have at least one foreign-born parent (Walters & Trevelyan, 2011). Among the foreign-born population entering the country from 2005 to 2007, 52% were Latin American or Caribbean and 30% were from Asian countries (Walters ... ................
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