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Pew Research Center
Pew Research Group
U.S State Department
Look up country in search box. Read first article listed then look at ALL the links at the bottom of article. Repeat process for each country.
National Park Service--Amer. Latino Theme Study: Immigration
This essay explores the history of Latino immigration to the U.S. with particular emphasis on issues of citizenship and non-citizenship, political controversies over immigration policy, and the global economic context in which regional migration and immigration have occurred.
Migration Policy Institute
Rich, valuable information

Is Latin American immigration, legal and/or illegal, a product of political or economic conditions in their home countries?

To what extent has US foreign and/or economic policies and practices contributed to or mitigated those conditions?

To what extent does the US bare a responsibility for the people of these countries?

Has US immigration policy pertained equally to all countries, to “friends” and “foes”?

On what basis have we determined who are friends and who are foes?

On what basis have we determined which countries, including our own, are guilty of human rights abuses?

Are United States and Latin American countries contrasting levels of wealth and poverty incidentally or causally related?

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