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===Guatemalan | ====Guatemalan Emigration to the United States==== | ||
*Up until the 1960s, Guatemalan migration to the US was negligible. | *Up until the 1960s, Guatemalan migration to the US was negligible. | ||
*The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics notes the first trickles of migration in the 1940s and 50s, but migration truly began to increase through the 1970s and 80s. | *The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics notes the first trickles of migration in the 1940s and 50s, but migration truly began to increase through the 1970s and 80s. | ||
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*Guatemalans have primarily settled in '''California, Florida and Texas'''. As of 2015, 29% of Guatemalans in the US lived in California while 8% respectively lived in Florida and Texas. | *Guatemalans have primarily settled in '''California, Florida and Texas'''. As of 2015, 29% of Guatemalans in the US lived in California while 8% respectively lived in Florida and Texas. | ||
*Within California, Guatemalans are concentrated in '''Los Angeles (20%)'''. Within these cities, ethnic enclaves and already-present communities help receive new migrants, connecting them with jobs and easing the transition, thus decreasing the linguistic and cultural costs of migration.<ref>"Guatemalan Immigration to the United States", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_immigration_to_the_United_States, accessed 6 June 2021.</ref> | *Within California, Guatemalans are concentrated in '''Los Angeles (20%)'''. Within these cities, ethnic enclaves and already-present communities help receive new migrants, connecting them with jobs and easing the transition, thus decreasing the linguistic and cultural costs of migration.<ref>"Guatemalan Immigration to the United States", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_immigration_to_the_United_States, accessed 6 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Guatemalan Immigration to Mexico=== | ===Guatemalan Immigration to Mexico=== | ||
*There has been a Guatemalan presence in Mexico since at least 1895, when the National Census counted 14,004 individuals, however this dropped to 5,820 in 1900. | *There has been a Guatemalan presence in Mexico since at least 1895, when the National Census counted 14,004 individuals, however this dropped to 5,820 in 1900. | ||