Latino Community In the United States.

1. To The United States of America
By
Juan Carlos Leon

2. 
“One of the Juan Gonzalez thesis is that the
Latin American migration into the United
States is a result of the USA processes of
territorial expansion, colonization and
economic/political hegemonic over the Latin
American countries.”
Prof. Luis Alvarez-Lopez, Ph.D. Immigration and Public Policy 2012, The Today Historical
Roots of the labor system.
Intro

3. 
 Named after Christopher Columbus
 49% are Mestizos, 37% are White, 10.6% Afro Colombian (including
Mulattos), 3.4% Amerindian, 0.01% Romani.
 Colombia´s capital city has a lower murder rate than the USA´s capital
city
 Colombia is home to the biggest theater festival, biggest salsa festival,
biggest flower parade, biggest outdoor horse parade and second
biggest carnival in the world
 Bogotá has the most extensive network of cycle routes out of every city
in Latin America and almost the world
 Colombia is the worlds third largest manufacturer of women’s lingerie
 Colombia has the tallest seaside mountain in the world: Sierra Nevada
de Santa Marta.
Facts

4. 
 Based on the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
external Colombian population is 4.7 million or almost 10%
of the country’s population.
 34.6% are in the United States, 23.1% in Spain, 20% in
Venezuela, 3.1% in Ecuador and 2% in Canada. The rest are
scattered out throughout the world
 The largest South American ethnic group in the United
States
 The seventh-largest population of Hispanic origin living in
the United States, accounting for 1.9% of the U.S.
Figures

5. 
Figures
www.migrationinformation.org

6. 
Figures
Source: Department of
Homeland Security,
Yearbook of Immigration
Statistics, 2008. Figures
include only immigrants
who obtained legal
permanent resident
status.

7. 
 Search for better job opportunities, which means
demand for unskilled labor in developed countries
and higher pay skilled labor force in developed
countries
 Family reunification is an important motivation for
migrating
 Supply of higher education studies in other
countries
 Political, social, economic problems & insecurity,
have fueled both voluntary and forced migration
Reasons

8. 
 The most well-known concentration of Colombians in the
U.S are in Queens, NY, in the areas of Jackson Heights,
Elmhurst, Corona & Woodside
 Other States are: New Jersey, Florida, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Connecticut & Texas
 Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Colombia
Where?

9. 
 A negative loss of talent for Colombia because the
majority of migrants tend to be better educated and in the
prime of working life; making it a “brain drain” diaspora.
 Positive because of remittances; which have surpassed the
value of coffee exports
Effects

10. 
 Voices of Colombia from the Streets of Chicago
 Colombian Americans Documentary
 The Colombian Connection: Part I
 The Colombian Connection: Part II
Voices

11. 
 Centro Civico Colombiano in Queens, New York
 Colombian American Coalition in Miami
 The Colombian Way
Websites

12.  Collier, Michael W., “Colombian Migration to South Florida: A Most Unwelcome Reception (Working Paper No. 9)” (2004).
LACC Working Paper Series (2001-). Paper 2. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/laccwps/2
 John Leon. Turning brain drain into brain gain: the Colombian experience of the diaspora option. By
.http://www.academia.edu/1854585/Turning_brain_drain_into_brain_gain_the_Colombian_experience_of_the_diaspora_opti
on
 Juan Gonzalez. Chapter Nine, Colombians and Panamanians: Overcoming Division and Disdain. Harvest of Empire, A History
of Latinos in America.
 Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Arturo Ignacio Sanchez & Elizabeth M. Roach (1999) Mistrust, fragmented solidarity, and transnational
migration: Colombians in New York City and Los Angeles, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22:2, 367-396, DOI:
10.1080/014198799329521
 Luis Eduardo Guarnizo & Luz Marina Diaz (1999) Transnational migration: a view from Colombia, Ethnic and Racial Studies,
22:2, 397-421, DOI: 10.1080/014198799329530
 Colombia Nos Une. Fortaleciendo vinculos con los colombianos en el exterior. http://www.redescolombia.org
 Myriam Berube, Migration Information Source, Colombia: In the Crossfire.
 Seth Motel and Eileen Patten, Hispanics of Colombian Origin in the United States, 2010, PewResearch Hispanic Center. June 27,
2012. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/06/27/hispanics-of-colombian-origin-in-the-united-states-2010/
 Boston Redevelopment Authority.
http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/pdf/ResearchPublications//ColombianImmigrantsinBoston.pdf
 Immigration in America, http://immigrationinamerica.org/441-colombian-immigrants.html?newsid=441
 Helen B. Narrow, Harvard University, Colombian Americans. http://helenmarrow.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/10/Marrow_2005_EL_ColombianAmers.pdf
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