Quote Originally Posted by commiecat View Post
I grew up in an unincorporated part of Ft. Lauderdale and post-Andrew the population in Broward exploded, as did the amount of Latin Americans. I think the issue with those older European generations was that they felt they did it the right way going through Ellis Island whereas Latin Americans have the stigma of having arrived illegally.
I would venture to say that the majority of the Latin Americans in FL came here legally. I don't know that for sure but I think I'm correct. I'm not including the current influx of Mexicans who come looking for work. I have no idea what the percentages are for them one way or the other.