Transcript What are some of the problems encountered by immigrants

What are some of the problems
encountered by immigrants from
Latin America?
Created by Mrs. Flammia
5th grade class
Latin American History
What are immigrants?
• Think; pair; share with a partner all
contries which a large group of
immigrants have come to the United
states.
Where do they come from?
• Equador
• Dominican Republic
• Mexico
• Puerto Rico
.
Why do they come to the United
States?
• Economic reasons
• Social reasons
Public Policy Analyst
• Step 1 Define the problem
• profound impact on
the modern social,
cultural, and political
landscape of
America.
Undocumented…
illegal immagrants
• As of 2008, approximately 54 percent of
immigrants residing in the United States came
from Latin America, approximately 27 percent
from Asia, 13 percent from Europe, 3.7 percent
from Africa, 2.2 percent from North America,
and (Canada, Bermuda, St. Pierre and
Miquelon), and 0.6 percent from Oceania.
Fun facts: Where are these
countries?
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