The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today on the state of Latino immigration. Its findings may surprise some:

By 2004, the annual inflow of foreign-born persons was down 24% from its all-time high in 2000, according to the Pew Hispanic Center analysis of multiple datasets collected by the Census Bureau and other government agencies

According to this brief, by 2004 immigration was climbing again:

Whether or not this move portends further increases is impossible to predict. But even with this recent increase in migration, the most recent data show that immigration flows are at levels comparable with those of the mid-1990s and still significantly below the peak levels of 1999–2000.

I am unclear as to if the data in this report considers all immigrant groups or just Latinos.

You can read the whole report at the Pew Website. Also, for a reflection on the interpretation of this data by various mainstream news sources, see this post at HispanicTips.

Tags: immigration,Mexico,Hispanics