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A person who is a first-generation immigrant is defined as one who is born outside of the United States. 1.5-generation immigrants are individuals who came to the United States as children. Second-generation immigrants are born in the United States but have parents who are born abroad.
“Second generation” refers to people born in the United States, with at least one first-generation (immigrant) parent. People born in Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories with at least one parent born in a different country are considered second generation.
According to some immigration activists, second-generation individuals are naturally born in the relocated country to one or more parents born elsewhere who are not U.S. citizens living abroad. Others maintain that second generation means the second generation of offspring born in a country.
The United States Census Bureau defines “second-generation” as those with at least one foreign-born parent; yet the most perplexing question taunts us each time we meet someone new or visit a country outside of our own: “Where are you from?” In the Photo: Defining the Immigration Generations Photo Credit: Pew Research Center.
As the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees citizenship to any individual born in the U.S. who is also subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S., second-generation Americans are currently granted U.S. citizenship by birth.
ARTICLE: Members of the second generation are more likely to finish college than both the foreign born and those who are third generation and higher. David Dixon looks at general social and demographic characteristics of the second generation in the United States.
“Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants” is a data snapshot of the 20 million adults born in the U.S. who have at least one immigrant parent. Using data mainly from the 2012 Current Population Survey, it compares their circumstances with those of nation’s immigrants (the first generation) and with the ...
A new study shows that second-generation Americans have enjoyed success in becoming a part of America. Roughly 6 in 10 said they consider themselves to be a “typical American,” though they...
One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This landmark study, the most comprehensive to date, probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation's lives, exploring their immense potential to transform American society for better or worse.
During the last four decades, a large new "second generation" formed by children of immigrants born in the United States or brought at an early age from abroad has emerged. Most of its members are still in school, but many entered adulthood during the 1990s and the first years of this century.