Pew Center report on Mexico's gaze North

Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – One In Three Would Migrate

Facing a variety of national problems, Mexicans overwhelmingly are dissatisfied with the direction of their country. Large majorities describe crime (81%) and illegal drugs (73%) as very big problems. And many believe there is a better life in the U.S. and would migrate if they had the chance. Most would do so without authorization. Read more

Pew Center study finds immigration has slipped as Hispanic priority

With the economy is such a mess and Latinos losing jobs at a faster pace than non-Hispanic whites, concerns about immigration and reform have taken a back seat for Latinos to the more burning issues of sustaining one's self and family.
Pew Hispanic has done an informative study.
Find it here.

Pew Hispanic Center Study on Latinos and the Recession

Now that it's official that the recession began in 2007--as if we workers and consumers didn't already know and feel it--the Pew Hispanic Center has been able to compile figures on Latino job loss over the past year. As yet, however, there are no complete figures breaking down the losses along white and blue collar lines, although the native-born Hispanic unemployment rate is 9.6%, considerably higher than the national average of 6.4%, while that of foreign-born Hispanics, who we must assume would be more blue collar, is only 6.1%. Interesting read.
Here's the summary.

New Pew Report Clocks Latinos on Immigration

For a second week in a row, I was able to participate, via phone, in the Pew Center's release of an important study, this one on Latinos' attitudes to immigration, "As Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Latinos Feel A Chill." The survey, taken in November, asked respondents whether they were citizens or not, but not about their immigrant status. Puerto Ricans were included as native born in the group questioned from the overall population, not the immigrant group. And Brazilians were included as Latinos. On the whole, the findings showed Latinos (75%) favorable to ALL immigration and a belief that, on the whole, immigration benefited this country.

Other tidbits that should whet your appetite to read the summary, even the whole report, are:
* 54% of Latinos fear deportation of themselves, family members or friends. (There has been an 84% increase in deportations in the past 5 years, with a tenfold increase in workplace deportations.)
* 41% of respondents said they have been discriminated against this year. 31% had an equal complaint 5 years ago.
* Hispanics and non-Hispanics disagree widely on current measures taken against the undocumented, the most notable: workplace raids, the cooperation of local authorities with federal immigration agencies, checking the documents before issuing immigrants a driver's license.
* Responses to nearly all the questions placed native born Latinos between the foreign born and the general population, though their views tended to side more closely with those of the foreign born, i.e, their own folk.
* 8 of 10 Latinos believe their children will be more affluent than the current generation.

For more stats on recent trends in immigration, try Stateline.org.