The high school dropout rate among U.S. Hispanics fell below 10% for the first time in 2016, extending a decades-long decline. The reduction has come alongside a long-term increase in Hispanic college enrollment, which is at a record high.
The unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. has returned to a historic lowlast seen more than a decade ago, though other labor market measures show this group has not totally recovered from the Great Recession.
Nearly 690,000 unauthorized immigrants currently receive work permits and protection from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to new government data that for the first time provides detailed demographic information on those currently enrolled in DACA.
More Mexicans view the United States unfavorably than at any time in the past decade and a half. Nearly two-thirds of Mexicans (65%) express a negative opinion of the U.S., more than double the share two years ago (29%).
Issues of race have long divided Americans along racial and partisan lines, and these differences extend to views of whether white people in the U.S. benefitfrom advantages in society that black people do not have.
While a large majority of Americans rate police officers positively on a 0-to-100 “feeling thermometer,” blacks and Hispanics are less likely than whites to view police officers “warmly.”
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