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					<description><![CDATA[It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and, as always, Pew Research Center is committed to studying the rich diversity of the nation's 62.5 million Latinos, from an exploration of U.S. adults who identify as Afro-Latino to a recent report on Latinos' varied political views. This month is a celebration of not only the diverse origins of U.S. Latinos and the independence days in the countries of their ancestors, but also of the unique and varied experiences of Latinos across the country. We hope you will continue following our work detailing the nuanced lives of U.S. Latinos.
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<p>September 29, 2022</p>
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<h1 id="header_label">Race &amp; Ethnicity</h1>
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<h1>Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month 2022</h1>
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<p>It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and, as always, Pew Research Center is committed to studying the rich diversity of the nation&#8217;s 62.5 million Latinos, from an exploration of <a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=5c4aedab25&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. adults who identify as Afro-Latino</a> to a recent report on <a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=4993eb93da&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latinos&#8217; varied political views</a>. This month is a celebration of not only the diverse origins of U.S. Latinos and the independence days in the countries of their ancestors, but also of the unique and varied experiences of Latinos across the country. We hope you will continue following our work detailing the nuanced lives of U.S. Latinos.</p>
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<p><strong>Mark Hugo Lopez</strong></p>
<p>Director of Race &amp; Ethnicity Research, Pew Research Center</p>
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<h1 class="hed"><a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=f2bb446107&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Most Latinos say Democrats care about them and work hard for their vote, far fewer say so of GOP</a></h1>
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<p class="bd">Nearly two years after Donald Trump won more Latino votes than in 2016 and on the heels of several 2022 Congressional primary victories by Latino Republicans, a <a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=2d02038173&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new Pew Research Center survey of Latino adults</a> finds most say the Democratic Party cares about Latinos and works hard to earn their vote while significantly fewer say the same of the Republican Party. At the same time, less than half of Latinos say they see a great deal of difference between the parties.</p>
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<h1 class="hed"><a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=0b2200c229&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Americans have a clear vision for reducing racism but little hope it will happen</a></h1>
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<p class="bd">More than a year after the murder of George Floyd and the national protests, debate and political promises that ensued, 65% of Black Americans say the increased national attention on racial inequality has not led to changes that improved their lives. And 44% say equality for Black people in the United States is not likely to be achieved, according to newly released findings from an <a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=26cb8d8149&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 2021 survey of Black Americans by Pew Research Center</a>.</p>
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<p class="bd">Republicans and Democrats differ over the most pressing priorities for the nation’s immigration system. Republicans place particular importance on border security and deportations of immigrants who are in the country illegally, while Democrats place greater importance on providing paths to legal status for those who entered the country illegally – especially those who entered as children, according to a <a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=55f40ad2f2&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new Pew Research Center survey</a>.</p>
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<h1 class="hed"><a href="https://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=b169519816&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Who is Hispanic?</a></h1>
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					<description><![CDATA[Click here on the entire e-newsletter &#160; September 01, 2017 DACA has shielded nearly 790,000 young unauthorized immigrants from deportation Nearly 790,000 young unauthorized immigrants have received work permits and deportation relief through the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/latino-news-notes-pew-research-center-reports-on-daca-immigrant-moms-views-of-trump/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="responsive">Nearly <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/01/unauthorized-immigrants-covered-by-daca-face-uncertain-future/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">790,000 young unauthorized immigrants have received work permits and deportation relief</a> through the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program since it was created five years ago by President Barack Obama. Requests for renewals have increased significantly each quarter since spring 2016.</p>
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<p class="responsive">Nationally, the annual number of births declined 4% from 1990 to 2015 – the result of a 10% decline in total births attributable to U.S.-born women. This was partially offset by a <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/29/over-the-past-25-years-immigrant-moms-bolstered-births-in-48-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">6% increase in total births</a> attributable to immigrant women.</p>
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<p class="responsive">The share of Americans who say racism is a “big problem” in society <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/29/views-of-racism-as-a-major-problem-increase-sharply-especially-among-democrats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has increased 8 percentage points</a> in the past two years – and has roughly doubled since 2011. Plus, 46% of Hispanics say they strongly support or somewhat support the Black Lives Matter movement.</p>
<p><strong>Also: </strong>Large majorities across most demographic groups <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2017/08/29/1-views-of-trumps-presidential-conduct-handling-of-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">express negative views of the way Trump conducts himself</a>, including 70% of Hispanics.</p>
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<p class="responsive">Blacks and <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/31/smartphones-help-blacks-hispanics-bridge-some-but-not-all-digital-gaps-with-whites/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hispanics remain less likely than whites</a> to own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home. But despite these differences, blacks and Hispanics have mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers in shares similar to whites.</p>
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<p class="responsive">U.S. employers planned to pay <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/16/salaries-have-risen-for-high-skilled-foreign-workers-in-u-s-on-h-1b-visas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">h</a><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/16/salaries-have-risen-for-high-skilled-foreign-workers-in-u-s-on-h-1b-visas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">igh-skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas</a> a median salary of $80,000 a year in fiscal year 2016, up from about $69,000 a decade earlier.</p>
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<p class="responsive">For a large majority of Americans, the country’s openness to people from around the world “is essential to who we are as a nation.” This belief is widely shared across most demographic groups, <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/04/most-americans-view-openness-to-foreigners-as-essential-to-who-we-are-as-a-nation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">including among 72% of Hispanics</a>.</p>
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		<title>Latino News Notes: Latinos divided about their place in America after Trump&#8217;s election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By the Pew Research Center Click here for the entire newsletter Hispanics are divided about their place in America after Trump’s election. A growing share says the situation of U.S. Latinos is worsening, and about half worry they or someone they know might be&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/latino-news-notes-latinos-divided-about-their-place-in-america-after-trumps-election/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="responsive"><strong>By the <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/" target="_blank">Pew Research Center</a></strong></p>
<p class="responsive"><a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=3e22d793ec&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-30517" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pew-Research-Center.png" width="340" height="170" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pew-Research-Center.png 640w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pew-Research-Center-300x150.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px" /></a><a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=3e22d793ec&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the entire newsletter</p>
<p>Hispanics are divided <a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=399b6a8e70&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">about their place in America</a> after Trump’s election. A growing share says the situation of U.S. Latinos is worsening, and about half worry they or someone they know might be deported.</p>
<p>A total of 54 percent are confident about their place in America, while 41 percent have serious concerns about their place in America, according to a survey of Hispanic adults conducted Dec. 7, 2016 and Jan. 15, 2017.</p>
<p><strong>Pew&#8217;s Hispanic Trends also reports:</strong></p>
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<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=7174652077&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">How Hispanic police officers view their jobs</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=ceaa0f3816&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">National identity: </a><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=8551461dc9&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">What it takes to truly be ‘one of us’</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=49fe27ed78&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Attitudes toward increasing diversity in the U.S.</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By the Pew Research Center Click here for the entire newsletter Unauthorized immigrants covered by DACA face uncertain future 115th Congress sets new high for racial, ethnic diversity Blacks and Hispanics face extra challenges in getting home loans Less than&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/latino-news-notes-pew-research-center-hispanic-trends/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=deddd1e705&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">115th Congress sets new high for racial, ethnic diversity</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=70d420820e&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Blacks and Hispanics face extra challenges in getting home loans</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=84e363d56a&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Less than half the public views border wall as an important goal for U.S. immigration policy</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=0e204576c8&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Majorities think Hispanics, poor people and gays and lesbians will lose influence in Trump era</a></li>
<li class="responsive"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=9bd37aa80b&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">Surge in Cuban immigration to U.S. continued through 2016</a></li>
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					<description><![CDATA[By D&#8217;Vera Cohn • Pew Research Center The federal government has long required election ballots in some U.S. jurisdictions to be printed in languages other than English, based on the number of voting-age citizens who live in those communities and have limited English&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/latino-news-notes-more-voters-will-have-access-to-non-english-ballots-in-the-next-election-cycle/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/16/more-voters-will-have-access-to-non-english-ballots-in-the-next-election-cycle/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-26749" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center.png" alt="" width="321" height="91" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center.png 321w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center-300x85.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px" /></a>By D&#8217;Vera Cohn</strong> • <em>Pew Research Center</em></p>
<p>The federal government has long required election ballots in some U.S. jurisdictions to be printed in languages other than English, based on the number of voting-age citizens who live in those communities and have limited English skills and low education levels. New data from the Census Bureau show that <a href="http://census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-205.html?cid=cb16205" target="_blank">263 counties, cities and other jurisdictions</a> in 29 states will now be subject to this requirement in future elections, a slight increase from five years ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/16/more-voters-will-have-access-to-non-english-ballots-in-the-next-election-cycle/" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the entire report</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Too many issues and events to squeeze into one month of reflection and celebration By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 Many folks wonder why Hispanic Heritage Month is divided between September and October. Yes, at least we get a month,&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/hispanic-heritage-month-one-month-is-not-enough/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #800000;"><b><i>Too many issues and events to squeeze into one month of reflection and celebration</i></b></span></p>
<div id="attachment_28935" style="width: 360px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education.png" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-28935"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28935" class="wp-image-28935" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education-1024x690.png" alt="hispanic-education" width="350" height="236" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education-1024x690.png 1024w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education-300x202.png 300w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education-768x517.png 768w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hispanic-Education.png 1136w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-28935" class="wp-caption-text">Education, along with the economy and health care are topping the list of concerns by Latinos this election season, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805</p></div>
<p><strong>By Frank X. Moraga</strong> / <i>Amigos805</i></p>
<p>Many folks wonder why Hispanic Heritage Month is divided between September and October.</p>
<p>Yes, at least we get a month, but starting halfway through September seems odd to some.</p>
<p>So for that reason we resolve that Hispanic History Month should take up the full months of September and October, with a little bit of November thrown in to include Day of the Dead activities.</p>
<p>So moved and approved.</p>
<p>Well, that was easy.</p>
<p>So now that we have a couple of months, what do we do with them? Traditionally, organizations present cultural events during this time of year.</p>
<p>And while that is important, Hispanic Heritage Month should also be a time to recognize and reflect on important issues facing the Latino community, not only between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15, but throughout the year.</p>
<p>Issues such as the economy, health care and education deserve special attention.</p>
<p>While the nation has generally recovered from the Great Recession, 85 percent of Hispanic voters said the economy was the top issue on their minds this election season, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center.</p>
<p>About half (52 percent) of Latinos say jobs are difficult to find in their community, and when they do find those jobs they are often at the lower end of the pay scale.</p>
<p>According to the latest economic data available, Hispanics had a median household income of $42,500 in 2014, compared with $53,700 for all households. Hispanics also had a 23.6 percent poverty rate in 2014, compared with 14.8 percent among all households, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.</p>
<p>But there is always a thread of optimism in Latino culture, and that bears out in the Pew study.</p>
<p>In 2015, eight in ten Latinos (81 percent) said they expect their family’s financial situation to improve a lot or some in the next year, up from 67 percent who said the same in December 2011. That 81 percent mark leads the 66 percent level among the entire U.S. population, Pew reported.</p>
<p>Concern over health care and education were also at the top of the list for Latinos this election season, both tied at 83 percent, according to the most recent Pew survey.</p>
<p>Access to affordable health care continues to be a major concern for Latinos.</p>
<p>Hispanics are less likely to seek and receive healthcare services, which may contribute to their poorer health status and higher rates of morbidity and mortality, according to the Hispanic Access Foundation.</p>
<p>The foundation’s previous studies found that many people did not have a primary-care physician, many were uninsured and many more reported difficulties communicating with their primary-care physician due to language barriers.</p>
<p>The Affordable Care Act has helped address some of those access issues, according to the U.S. Department of Health &amp; Human Services.</p>
<p>The department found that eight in 10 uninsured Latinos qualified for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), or lower costs on monthly premiums through the Health Insurance Marketplace; 8.8 million Latinos with private health insurance now have access to preventive services like mammograms, cervical cancer screenings and flu shots with no co-pay or deductible; 913,000 Latino adults between the ages of 19 and 26 who would have been uninsured now have coverage under their parents’ plan.</p>
<p>“Even with the major strides we’ve seen, too many in the Latino community remain uninsured. We must all work together to continue to spread the word about new coverage options. This includes working with the states that have yet to expand Medicaid to get as many people covered as possible,” the department reported.</p>
<p>A total of 83 percent of Hispanics surveyed by Pew also said education will be very important to their vote in the 2016 election, with many citing concerns about the high school dropout rate, access to four-year universities and lower college graduation rates than the general population.</p>
<p>In its 2015 fact book, “The Condition of Latinos in Education,” prepared by Excelencia in Education, data show:</p>
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<li>In K-12, Hispanics have lower levels of educational attainment, are less likely to be enrolled in early childhood education, and have lower mean reading and math scores than other groups.</li>
<li>Many Latino students are concentrated in schools with high degrees of poverty.</li>
<li>Latinos’ high school dropout rates still remain higher than other groups, and they are less likely to graduate high school on time than other groups, except for African-Americans.</li>
<li>Latinos have lower mean scores in all areas of the SAT and on the ACT than do white or Asian college-bound seniors.</li>
<li>At the college level, the majority of Latino students are concentrated in a small number of institutions identified as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).</li>
<li>While Latinos have increased college degree attainment in the past 10 years, they are still behind most other groups, and represent a lower percentage of students in graduate programs.</li>
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<p>All this comes at a time when Latinos represented 24 percent of public school enrollment in 2011, with that number climbing toward 30 percent by 2023, according to data obtained by Excelencia in Education.
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<h3>Finally, what can Latinos do about it?</h3>
<p><a href="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27.png" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-28934"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-28934" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27-773x1024.png" alt="sept-27" width="350" height="464" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27-773x1024.png 773w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27-226x300.png 226w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27-768x1018.png 768w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sept.-27.png 925w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a>One of the most important steps they could take this Hispanic Heritage Month is to register to vote, according to organizations such as the League of United Latin American Citizens and Voto Latino.</p>
<p>“Hispanic Heritage Month is a time when our nation reflects on the contributions Hispanics have made to our history and culture. For the third year, LULAC joins the ‘Hispanic Heritage Month of Action’ campaign in an effort to encourage the Latino community to take action and register to vote,” LULAC reported.</p>
<p>“By 2016, 27.3 million Latinos will be eligible to vote, and as the second largest, fastest growing, and youngest group of Americans, Latinos hold the key to our country’s future…but only if we vote,” LULAC reported.</p>
<p>The organization is calling on the public to turn Hispanic Heritage Month into a time of action, “a one-of-a-kind on-the-ground and digital voter registration campaign that seeks to shift this cultural celebration to a month of building our community’s political power.”</p>
<p>Some of the organizations partnering with LULAC on Hispanic Heritage Month of Action include: Voto Latino, Mi Familia Vota, the Arizona Advocacy Network, Arizona State University, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce</p>
<p>Voto Latino, a nonpartisan organization, launched its Hispanic Heritage Month of Action campaign on Sept. 15 with a new bilingual video in which nine Latino community leaders discuss what they feel is at stake this election and share why they’re showing up to the polls come November, according to a Sept. 17 story in huffingtonpost.com.</p>
<p>“There are 27 million eligible Latino voters in 2016,” notes Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR).</p>
<p>“We are powerful. We are strong. And we will be the ones deciding the future of this country,” said Rocio Saenz, executive vice president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU).</p>
<p>But the only way that can happen, notes Voto Latino’s President and CEO, María Teresa Kumar, is if Latinos actively participate in local and federal elections</p>
<p>To learn more about the campaign, visit <a href="http://hhmaction.com" target="_blank">hhmaction.com</a>.
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<h3>Hispanic Heritage Month</h3>
<p>Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.</p>
<p>The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.</p>
<p>The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.</p>
<p><b>Source: <a href="http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/" target="_blank">http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/</a></b></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hispanic Millennials will account for nearly half (44 percent) of the record 27.3 million Hispanic eligible voters projected for 2016 — a share greater than that of any other racial or ethnic group of voters, the Pew Research&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/pew-research-center-millennials-make-up-almost-half-of-latino-eligible-voters-in-2016/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=a80b671453&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-26749"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-26749" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center.png" alt="Pew Rearch Center" width="321" height="91" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center.png 321w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pew-Rearch-Center-300x85.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px" /></a>WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong> — Hispanic Millennials will account for nearly half (44 percent) of the record 27.3 million Hispanic eligible voters projected for 2016 — a share greater than that of any other racial or ethnic group of voters, the Pew Research Center reported Jan. 22 in its latest Hispanic Trends report.</p>
<p>But the impact of Hispanics could be limited by the fact that their voter turnout rates have lagged other groups.</p>
<p>The large footprint of Latino millennial eligible voters reflects the oversized importance of youth in the U.S.-born Latino population and as a source of Latino eligible voter growth. The median age among the nation’s 35 million U.S.-born Latinos is only 19 (<a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/05/12/statistical-portrait-of-hispanics-in-the-united-states-1980-2013/" target="_blank">Stepler and Brown, 2015</a>), and Latino youth will be the main driver of growth among Latino eligible voters over the next two decades. Between 2012 and 2016, about 3.2 million young U.S.-citizen Latinos will have advanced to adulthood and become eligible to vote, according to Pew Research Center projections. Nearly all of them are U.S. born—on an annual basis, some 803,000 U.S.-born Latinos reached adulthood in recent years.</p>
<p>This is by far the largest source of growth for the Hispanic electorate, but it is not the only one. The second-largest source is adult Hispanic immigrants who are in the U.S. legally and decide to become U.S. citizens (i.e., naturalize). Between 2012 and 2016 some 1.2 million will have done so, according to Pew Research Center projections. Another source is the outmigration from Puerto Rico. Since 2012, some 130,000 more Puerto Ricans have left the island than moved there. Florida has been the biggest recipient of these Puerto Rican adult migrants—all of whom are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote in U.S. elections (<a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/30/in-a-shift-away-from-new-york-more-puerto-ricans-head-to-florida/" target="_blank">Krogstad, 2015c</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/01/19/millennials-make-up-almost-half-of-latino-eligible-voters-in-2016/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&amp;utm_campaign=a80b671453-Hispanic_newsletter_12_10_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-a80b671453-399392017" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read the full report.</p>
<p>The center also <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=a80b671453&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank">reported</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=a4ff82f6d3&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="article_title">Key facts about immigrants eligible for deportation relief under Obama’s expanded executive actions</span></a></p>
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<div class="tan_text"><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=19ebc91283&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="news_title">Young Latino voters surge in number, and parties pursue</span></a><br />
<a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=f8b85b3107&amp;e=dc41987ec4"><span class="date_source">JAN 19 – WALL STREET JOURNAL</span></a><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=e823f3a234&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="news_title">Pew report outlines potential impact of Latinos on presidential politics</span></a><br />
<a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=14b3228997&amp;e=dc41987ec4"><span class="date_source">JAN 19 – NPR </span></a><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=e5f4cc185e&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="news_title">Video: Jovenes Latinos representan casi la mitad del electorado Hispano</span></a><br />
<a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=bf53e3393d&amp;e=dc41987ec4"><span class="date_source">JAN 20 – UNIVISION</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=3e5e8eb060&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="news_title">Yes, Latinos are rising, but so are Latino nonvoters</span></a><br />
<a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=806ed9f5c3&amp;e=dc41987ec4"><span class="date_source">JAN 19 – NEW YORK TIMES</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=6fbf120613&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="news_title">The Latino vote is bigger and better educated than ever before, a new report finds</span></a><br />
<a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=1753614407&amp;e=dc41987ec4" target="_blank"><span class="date_source">JAN. 19 – LOS ANGELES TIMES</span></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 How many of you dear readers know that the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. holding down blue-collar jobs is still below levels seen before the Great Recession? Guess we don’t need to&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/commentary-pew-research-center-provides-timely-info-on-hispanic-trends/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>By Frank X. Moraga</strong> / <em>Amigos805</em></p>
<p>How many of you dear readers know that the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. holding down blue-collar jobs is still below levels seen before the Great Recession? Guess we don’t need to overly militarize the border after all.</p>
<p>Or did you know that the majority of English-speaking Hispanics in the U.S. are bilingual?  (Sorry. I still like Latinos better as a term).</p>
<p>Or, that adult Millennials today are more than twice as likely to be Hispanic as members of the Baby Boom and the Silent generations?</p>
<p>One way to get more details on these issues is to sign up for the “PewRearchCenter” Hispanic Trends e-newsletter at <em><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/follow-us/" target="_blank">http://www.pewresearch.org/follow-us/</a></em>  Go to the section that says Newsletters, click Biweekly newsletter, and/or New Report alerts, enter your email and click Sign up.</p>
<p>Pretty easy, but a very valuable tool if you want to stay up with all the trends affecting the Latino community.</p>
<p>Getting back to the latest report:</p>
<p>While the number of unauthorized immigrant workers in production and construction has fallen since 2007, those immigrant workers still make up the solid majority in low-skilled service, construction and production occupations, according to the center’s new estimates presented by Jeffry S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn.</p>
<p>Their report also found that the number of unauthorized immigrants in management or professional related jobs grew by 180,000.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, about six in ten U.S. adult Hispanics (62 percent) speak English or are bilingual, according to an analysis of the center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos as presented by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera.</p>
<p>Latino adults who are the children of immigrant parents are most likely to be bilingual.</p>
<p>“Widespread bilingualism has the potential to affect future generations of Latinos, a population that is among the fastest growing in the nation,” the center reported. “Our 2011 survey showed that Latino adults valued both the ability to speak English and to speak Spanish.”</p>
<p>Finally, the center found a large shift in U.S. society and culture in the past five decades, from the time the Silent generation (today, mostly in their 70s and 80s) was entering adulthood to the adulthood of today’s Millennials.</p>
<p>Millennials have become more detached from major institutions like political parties, religion, the military and marriage. At the same time, the racial and ethnic makeup of the country has changed, college attainment has spiked and women have greatly increased their participation in the nation’s workforce and their representation on college campuses, according to a report presented by Eileen Patten and Richard Fry.</p>
<p>The report found that Millennials are much more likely to be racial or ethnic minorities than members of the Silent generation. Fifty years ago, America was less racially diverse than it is today. Large-scale immigration from Asia and Latin America, the rise of racial intermarriage, and differences in fertility patterns across racial and ethnic groups have contributed to Millennials being more racially and ethnically diverse than prior generations, the center reported.</p>
<p>In 2014, fewer than six in ten Millennials (57 percent) were non-Hispanic whites, compared with more than three-quarters (78 percent) of Silents. The share who are Hispanic is nearly three times as large among Millennials as among Silents (21 vs. 8 percent), and the shares who are black, Asian or some other race (or races) have also increased.</p>
<p>Yes, plenty of information to ponder as Latinos make tough business, education, financial and political decisions in the years to come. But it’s better to be well-armed with the facts than to just pontificate about how things are or how things should be without any real data to back up your opinions and decisions.</p>
<p><em>— Frank X. Moraga is editor/publisher of Amigos805. He has served as business editor, director of diversity and general manager of a bilingual publication at the Ventura County Star, and as a reporter in the community editions of the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News. You can reach him at <a href="mailto:frank@amigos805.com" target="_blank">frank@amigos805.com</a></em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 It was an interesting bit of political theater presented in Congress last week. Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe wandered onto the Senate floor during a discussion questioning the science behind climate change. “Do you know&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/commentary-hispanics-more-likely-to-believe-humans-causing-climate-change/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>By Frank X. Moraga</strong> / <em>Amigos805</em></p>
<p><em></em>It was an interesting bit of political theater presented in Congress last week.</p>
<p>Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe wandered onto the Senate floor during a discussion questioning the science behind climate change.</p>
<p>“Do you know what this is? It’s a snowball,” said Inhofe, who was seen holding the frozen orb aloft in a <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/watch-jim-inhofe-throw-a-snowball-on-the-senate-floor-20150226" target="_blank">television news segment</a> and story on <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-jim-inhofe-climate-change-is-not-real-because-here-is-a-snowball/" target="_blank">CBS News</a>.</p>
<p>“It’s just from outside here, so it’s very, very cold out &#8230; very unseasonable,” he said. “Mr. President, catch this,” as he tossed the “evidence”? in the direction of a congressional page.</p>
<p>And so goes Sen. Inhofe’s proof that climate change is a “hoax,” supporting his opposition to the president’s effort to reduce carbon emissions.</p>
<p>With logic like that I suppose you can also go outside, see that is isn’t raining and pontificate that it will never rain again in our lifetime.</p>
<p>It was an almost comical presentation in Congress, if not for the fact that Sen. Inhofe is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.</p>
<p>Oh dear! I wonder what he thinks about the moon landings? Never mind; I don’t want to know.</p>
<p>But while individuals like the senator are having a hard time grasping the concept that human-created pollution is leading to adverse impacts on the world’s environment, Hispanics appear to have no such problem.</p>
<p>A new survey released last week by the <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/02/27/hispanics-more-likely-than-whites-to-say-global-warming-is-caused-by-humans/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&amp;utm_campaign=71f2747486-Hispanic_newsletter_2_27_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-71f2747486-399392017" target="_blank">Pew Research Center</a> in Washington D.C. shows that Hispanics (70 percent) and blacks (56 percent) are more likely to believe humans have warmed the planet than whites (44 percent).</p>
<p>If Pew had conducted the poll in the neighborhood of Sen. Inhofe and his colleagues in Congress, belief in climate change would have been lucky to get out of the single-digit level.</p>
<p>The Pew analysis also found that Hispanics and blacks believe that the U.S. should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.</p>
<p>“Recent surveys from other organizations have had similar results. Democrats, the party most Hispanics identify with, have been pushing for more government action on issues such as climate change,” Jens Manuel Krogstad wrote in Pew’s FACTANK blog.</p>
<p>“So why do Hispanics (and, to some extent, blacks) stand out? One possibility might lie in the age of the Hispanic population. With a median age of 27 years, Hispanics are significantly younger than whites (42), blacks (33) and the nation as a whole (37). Overall, younger Americans are more likely than older Americans to say the Earth is warming because of human activity,” Krogstad stated.</p>
<p>A recent New York Times survey found that more than half (54 percent) of Hispanics said global warming is an extremely or very important issue to them personally, compared with 37 percent of whites. That was in line with another survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that also found high concern among Hispanics over global warming.</p>
<p>It seems the Hispanic community has a lot to ponder as we approach Earth Day (April 22) later this spring.</p>
<p>One thing is for sure, we probably won’t be going outside to the beach in Oxnard and looking for a snowball to prove our point that climate change is a fairytale. We will leave that to the Washington, D.C. crowd.</p>
<p>Speaking of the environment, the <strong>Latinologues / Rick Najera</strong> series at Oxnard College will make a strong connection between the upcoming César Chávez Day celebration and the labor leader’s contributions to the worldwide green movement during a program from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard. The event includes the short documentary “Going Green: Cesar Chavez.” Visit <a href="http://www.oxnardcollege.edu/academic/departments/oxnard-college-arts" target="_blank">http://www.oxnardcollege.edu/academic/departments/oxnard-college-arts</a> or send an email to <a href="mailto:OCILPA@vcccd.edu" target="_blank">OCILPA@vcccd.edu</a> for more information.</p>
<p><em>— Frank X. Moraga is editor/publisher of Amigos805. He has served as business editor, director of diversity and general manager of a bilingual publication at the Ventura County Star, and as a reporter in the community editions of the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News.</em></p>
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		<title>Commentary: As Hispanic high school dropout rates fall, 4-year degrees lag</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 Given all the news that funding for public education continues to suffer from the “Cut government spending” crowd, it is surprising that a new Pew Research Center report indicates that Hispanics and blacks are&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/commentary-as-hispanic-high-school-dropout-rates-fall-4-year-degrees-lag/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>By Frank X. Moraga</strong> / <em>Amigos805</em></p>
<p><em></em>Given all the news that funding for public education continues to suffer from the “Cut government spending” crowd, it is surprising that a new Pew Research Center report indicates that Hispanics and blacks are leading the trend of reducing the overall high school dropout rate.</p>
<p>In a <a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=9031c11681&amp;e=633138ffc1" target="_blank">report</a> written by Richard Fry based on newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the nation’s dropout rate for 18-to-24 year olds reached a record low of 7 percent in 2013, down from 12 percent reported in the year 2000.</p>
<p>While Hispanics still have the highest dropout rate among all racial and ethnic groups, Hispanics reported a dropout rate of 14 percent in 2013, compared with a rate of 32 percent in the year 2000, Fry reported.</p>
<p>Census data also show that more Hispanics were finishing high school and attending college.</p>
<p>The decline in dropout rates come at the same time the Hispanic youth population is booming, growing by more than 50 percent since the year 2000, the Census Bureau reported.</p>
<p>Driving the decline in dropout rates could be the continuing competitive job market.</p>
<p><a href="http://pewresearch.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=9031c11681&amp;e=633138ffc1" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-19093" title="Pew Research Center" src="http://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pew-Research-Center.png" alt="" width="380" height="52" srcset="https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pew-Research-Center.png 380w, https://amigos805.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pew-Research-Center-300x41.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px" /></a>“&#8230; The trend in more Hispanic youth staying in school is occurring against the backdrop of diminishing job opportunities for less-educated workers, including less-educated Hispanic workers. Hispanic students and their families may be responding to the rising returns to a college education by staying in school,” Fry reported.</p>
<p>Education continues to be a top priority for Hispanic families.</p>
<p>Pew Research surveys have reported that education is one of the most important issues for Hispanics, along with health care and immigration.</p>
<p>Fry also reported that Hispanics made up 25 percent of the nation’s public school students in 2013, with that percentage expected to rise to 30 percent by 2022.</p>
<p>The Census data also indicate that Hispanics made up 18 percent of college enrollment in 2013, up from 12 percent in 2009.</p>
<p>However, as a cautionary note, Hispanics still lag behind in earning four-year college degrees.</p>
<p>Hispanic students accounted for only 9 percent of young adults (ages 25 to 29) with a bachelor’s degree, compared to 58 percent for white students ages 18 to 24, Fry reported.</p>
<p>Lack of a strong support group and services on campus (academic advising, tutoring, mentoring, new-student orientation) for many of these first-generation college students are some of the factors cited by educators for the lower college graduation rates for Hispanics.</p>
<p>However, getting full buy-in by college and university administration — funding and policy commitment — continues to be a challenge.</p>
<p>Another factor cited is lack of in-state tuition opportunities for undocumented students.</p>
<p>If we want the next generation of Hispanic youth to succeed, we all need to take an active voice in promoting more scholarship programs for them, advocating for better financial aid opportunities and actively urging administrators to provide equal treatment and opportunities for Hispanics on college and university campuses across the country.</p>
<p>Too often the impression was that Hispanic youth weren’t interested in going to college. They just wanted to get out of school fast and take the first available low-paying job. Statistics are showing otherwise. We all need to step up to help them succeed.</p>
<p><em>— Frank X. Moraga is editor/publisher of Amigos805. He has served as business editor, director of diversity and general manager of a bilingual publication at the Ventura County Star, and as a reporter in the community editions of the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News. He can be reached at <a href="http://fmoraga@amigos805.com" target="_blank">fmoraga@amigos805.com</a></em></p>
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		<title>Growing share of Latinos get their news in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing so in Spanish,&#8230;<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://amigos805.com/growing-share-of-latinos-get-their-news-in-english/">Read more &#8594;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong> — The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing so in Spanish, according to <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c31K3uDjy7G3VKMdKgtfsVp8uQsJkoKcdQ-S477xye6VIzswV8ew5yLP29XIK_RJMSpP_Cgpm67EtWzplJeidH54urD0HRkQBlgncOM2Bl4FmYzrYsa6wBlScyNXowb79068OkMZVoVGNFeV85TnETLI8wKu6-4MkxvhON0c01PEMVHXeqKsgtbg4VykWj5kwuBg9iesaTMzRheUkzDVqhtUmS08WoEt" target="_blank">survey findings</a> from the Pew Research Center.</p>
<p>In 2012, 82% of Hispanic adults said they got at least some of their news in English, up from 78% who said the same in 2006. By contrast, the share who get at least some of their news in Spanish has declined, to 68% in 2012 from 78% in 2006.</p>
<p>Half (50%) of Latino adults say they get their news in both languages, down from 57% in 2010.</p>
<p>The rise in use of English news sources has been driven by an increase in the share of Hispanics who say they get their news exclusively in English. One-third (32%) of Hispanic adults in 2012 did this, up from 22% in 2006. By contrast, the share of Hispanic adults who get their news exclusively in Spanish has decreased to 18% in 2012 from 22% in 2006.</p>
<p>These changes in news consumption patterns reflect several ongoing demographic trends within the Hispanic community: a growing share of Latino adults who speak English well; slowing migration to the United States; Latino immigrants living in the U.S. for longer periods of time; and the growth of Latinos born in the U.S.</p>
<p>Even though the share of Hispanic adults who consume news media in Spanish has declined, the number of potential Spanish news media consumers is growing as a result of the rapid overall rise in the number of Hispanics in the U.S.&#8212;- to 52 million in 2011, up from 35 million in 2000. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, a record 35 million Hispanics ages 5 and older speak Spanish (at home), up from 25 million in 2000 and 10 million in 1980. At the same time, a record 31 million Hispanics ages 5 and older are proficient in English, up from 19 million in 2000 and 8 million in 1980.</p>
<p><strong>Among the report&#8217;s other findings:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Following the News:</strong> About eight-in-ten Hispanic adults say they keep up with the news &#8220;a lot&#8221; (45%) or &#8220;some&#8221; (36%) and about two-in-ten keep up &#8220;not much&#8221; (15%) or &#8220;not at all&#8221; (4%).</li>
<li><strong>Television Most Popular; Internet on the Rise:</strong> Fully 86% of Latino adults say that on a typical weekday they get their news from television. That is down slightly from 92% who said the same in 2006, but is higher than the share of Latinos who get their news from radio (56%), the internet (56%) or print newspapers (42%). Use of internet news media has grown among Latino adults since 2006 while radio news media and print newspapers have seen the biggest declines.</li>
<li><strong>Number of Platforms Used:</strong> Latino adults on average use 2.4 news media platforms among the four tested— television, print newspapers, radio and the internet — when they consume news media. Overall, 3% of Latino adults do not use any of the four news media platforms tested, 17% use one, 32% use two, 33% use three and 15% use all four platforms.</li>
<li><strong>Accuracy:</strong> When asked if news organizations get their facts straight or are often inaccurate, 60% of all Hispanics say Spanish-language news organizations &#8220;get the facts straight&#8221; and 59% say the same of English-language news organizations.</li>
<li><strong>Best at Covering News Relevant to Hispanics:</strong> Seven-in-ten Hispanic adults say the Spanish-language news media do an &#8220;excellent&#8221; (24%) or &#8220;good&#8221; job (46%) covering news specifically relevant to Hispanics in the U.S. By contrast, about six-in-ten Hispanic adults say the English-language news media do an &#8220;excellent&#8221; (17%) or &#8220;good&#8221; job (42%) covering news relevant to Hispanics in the U.S.</li>
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<p>This report is largely based on a nationally representative bilingual telephone survey of 1,765 Latino adults conducted from September 7 to October 4, 2012.</p>
<p>The report, &#8220;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c31K3uDjy7G3VKMdKgtfsVp8uQsJkoKcdQ-S477xye6VIzswV8ew5yLP29XIK_RJMSpP_Cgpm67EtWzplJeidH54urD0HRkQBlgncOM2Bl4FmYzrYsa6wBlScyNXowb79068OkMZVoVGNFeV85TnETLI8wKu6-4MkxvhON0c01PEMVHXeqKsgtbg4VykWj5kwuBg9iesaTMzRheUkzDVqhtUmS08WoEt" target="_blank">A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English</a>,&#8221; authored by Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic research, and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, research associate, is available at <a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/">www.pewhispanic.org</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c31K3uDjy7EU7rkmVoqYzZCXkqzEhXxUFszH_HiK7JyE7AXjPcDyAn-HBAbN-vfBZXy5ihZ6sQy6UKAoP3v7vX7K29H00El44Bq2KibuiYedfDjLMRYNiFGPpx-KLv3g" target="_blank">Pew Research Center</a> is a nonpartisan source of data and analysis. It does not take advocacy positions. Its <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c31K3uDjy7G8pJUEI-salJqrSEHO_0b1is4ZP5HQeXw3DDnqa3woMKHYZ5meRYeNarGtZEKX9vPVZopkzD8G4hC38IXPnFxYb6Xe2qnvUrI2lIleCDYIv6h0dlpsZ1wl" target="_blank">Hispanic Center</a>, founded in 2001, seeks to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos&#8217; growing impact on the nation.</p>
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