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This instagram page was created by New York City high school seniors Pauline G., and Aleena G., as part of the Freedom and Citizenship Civic Leadership Project, with help from their undergraduate teaching assistants Grace H. and Rendabel R. View the rest of the 2022 immigration civic project here.

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Sources and Further Reading:

• Immigration Act of 1965 and Immigration Act of 1924
   
• Puerto Rican population in America: By 1955, 700,000 Puerto Ricans had arrived in the USA, and by the mid-1960s more than a million had (note: since 1917 Puerto Ricans have had statutory citizenship in the United States and are therefore not restricted by immigration quotas) (Library of Congress) (Teachers College)
   
• In 2000, 36% of New York City residents were foreign-born. The Dominican Republic was the largest foreign-born group, numbering 369,200 or 13 percent of the total, followed by China (262,600), Jamaica (178,900), Guyana (130,600), and Mexico (122,600) (MOIA)
   
  • In 2020 New York's immigrant population remains 36% and the top five countries are (in order) Dominican Republic, China, Jamaica, Mexico, Guyana (MOIA)
     

• Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances, edited by Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane

• Between 2000 and 2013 New York City's immigrant population increased 7% (NYU)

• 24% of immigrants in NYC lack a high school diploma, compared to 8% of nonimmigrants in New York (American Immigration Council)