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Science 8 March 1991:
Vol. 251. no. 4998, pp. 1189 - 1193
DOI: 10.1126/science.251.4998.1189
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The Current Situation in Mexican Immigration

GEORGES VERNEZ 1 and DAVID RONFELDT 1

1 The Program for Research on Immigration Policy, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90406

By 1988, the Mexican-origin population of the United States had grown to 12.1 million, largely from recent, sharp increases in immigration. The policy concerns raised by this phenomenon have been influenced by some perceptions that available research contradicts. Today most Mexican immigrants come to stay, about half are female, and they have increasingly less schooling compared to the native-born population and other immigrants. Nationally, they do not cause adverse economic effects for native-born workers and, across generations, their language and political assimilation is proceeding well. They put greater demands on education than on other public services. However, the Mexican-origin population affects the economy and public services more and differently in the areas where it is concentrated, primarily in the western United States and large urban areas. Further, the recent legalization of 2.3 million Mexican immigrants can be expected to increase the demand on public services, especially in those areas.


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