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Pew Hispanic Center stories: 5 news summaries
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Sotomayor the First Latino on Supreme Court? Not Exactly

Answer centers on whether Portuguese Cardozo was 'Hispanic'

May 31, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor is indeed the first Latino to be nominated for a Supreme Court post—if you don’t count Benjamin Cardozo, a justice serving in the 1930s who was born to parents claiming Portuguese descent. But, some ask, did that make him Latino? The answer, Antonio Olivo explains in... More »

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Latinos • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • Pew Hispanic Center • Portuguese • Sonia Sotomayor

Half of America's Population Growth Now Hispanic

Baby boom among '90s immigrants behind surge in Latino population

Oct 24, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Hispanic baby boom accounts for more than half of America's population growth over the last decade, the Houston Chronicle reports. A survey found 50.5% of the growth in that period was among Hispanics, even though the group currently makes up just 15% of the population. The growth is... More »

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population • demographics • USA • Hispanic • Pew Hispanic Center • demographic trends

 US Illegal Immigration Plunges 

For the first time in years, legal immigrants outnumber incoming illegals

Oct 3, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of illegal immigrants entering the US has plummeted in the last several years, a new study has found. Close to 800,000 illegal immigrants entered the US each year from 2000-2004, but 500,000 have entered each year since, reports the Washington Post. For the first time in... More »

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Department of Homeland Security • illegal immigration • US Census • undocumented workers • Pew Hispanic Center • Center for Immigration Studies • Mexicans Without Borders

Latinos the Wild Card in Nevada

Immigration debate has unnerved many

Jan 17, 08 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Hispanic voters could be key next November because they form a significant  minority of eligible voters in states President Bush won by less than 5% four years ago—Florida, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. Saturday's Nevada caucus is expected to offer important insight into how Hispanics will vote in November,... More »

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immigration • Latino voters • University of Washington • illegal immigration • Hispanic • border security • Culinary Workers Union • Pew Hispanic Center • Nevada primary • El Mundo

'06 a Mini Baby Boom for US

4.3M births highest in 45 years, go against trends in industrialized world

Jan 16, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The US experienced a mini baby boom in 2006, with the largest number of children born since the 1960s. The AP reports 4.3 million births that year, giving the US a higher birth rate than Europe, Australia, Canada, or Japan. Hispanics accounted for a quarter of all US births,... More »

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fertility • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • birth rate • Johns Hopkins University • teen births • baby boomlet • magic number • Pew Hispanic Center • American Immigration Control Foundation.

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