More than half of the nation’s 16 million Hispanic children are the U.S.-born sons or daughters of at least one foreign-born parent, the Pew Hispanic Center says in advance of a report due out Thursday on the rise of this second generation of Latino children. Their foreign-born parents typically came to the United States in the immigration wave from Mexico, Central America and South America that began around 1980. The newest figures represent a striking demographic change. In 1980, a significant majority of Hispanic children were the U.S.-born sons or daughters of U.S.-born parents. READ FULL STORY
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