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One in five will be casting their first ballot in a presidential election, a sign that highlights how the Latino population in the country flipped from being primarily foreign-born to majority U.S.-born over the last two decades.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
California’s labor market relies considerably on immigrants OK, that probably isn’t too surprising in a state where more than a quarter of residents are foreign-born.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Roughly 14% of the country’s total population is foreign-born today, just shy of the record set more than a century ago.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
And the growth of the foreign-born in the American South has been the fastest in the past 10 years.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
California’s labor market relies considerably on immigrants OK, that probably isn’t too surprising in a state where more than a quarter of residents are foreign-born.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Roughly 14% of the country’s total population is foreign-born today, just shy of the record set more than a century ago.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
And the growth of the foreign-born in the American South has been the fastest in the past 10 years.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.
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