{"id":62080,"date":"2015-11-19T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2015\/11\/19\/chapter-2-mexican-immigrants-then-and-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:58:25","slug":"chapter-2-mexican-immigrants-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2015\/11\/19\/chapter-2-mexican-immigrants-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 2: Mexican Immigrants Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2015\/11\/19\/more-mexicans-leaving-than-coming-to-the-u-s\/ph_2015-11-19_mexican-immigration-07-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23296\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0efee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0efee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"742\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/PH_2015-11-19_mexican-immigration-07.png?resize=420,742 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/PH_2015-11-19_mexican-immigration-07.png?w=420\" alt=\"Demographic Characteristics of Mexican Immigrants, 1990 and 2013\" class=\"wp-image-73793 not-transparent\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the slowdown in recent immigration, Mexican immigrants living in the United States today are a more settled population than they were 25 years ago, an era before large numbers of their authorized and unauthorized fellow citizens crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. 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