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In the 1920s discrimination and prejudice in the United States led to laws
limiting immigration. Immigration slowed down until the 1960s, when these laws
were changed.
Hispanic-Americans
Hispanics are people of Spanish or Spanish-American origin. Some Hispanics
lived in areas that later became part of the United States (for example, in what are
now the states of California and New Mexico). Many others immigrated to the United
States. Hispanic immigration has increased greatly in recent decades.
Hispanics come from many different countries. Three especially large groups
are Mexican-Americans (who make up about two-thirds of the total Hispanic popu-
lation), Puerto Ricans, and Cuban-Americans. (Puerto Rico was a U.S. territory and
since 1952 has been a self-governing commonwealth.) While the groups have much in
common (especially the Spanish language), there are also many differences. The
groups are also concentrated in different areas— Mexican-Americans in Texas and
California, Puerto Ricans in New York, and Cuban-Americans in Florida. Many
recent immigrants are from Central American countries.
Hispanics are one of the fastest growing groups in the United States
population. Within 25 years, they will be the largest minority group.
Asian-Americans
In the nineteenth century, laws limited Asian immigration. Also, Asians in the
United States, such as the Chinese and Japanese who had come to California,met
with widespread discrimination.
Since the mid-1960s, with changes in immigration laws and with conflicts in
Southeast Asia, Asians .lave been a major immigrant group. In the 1980s, for
example, almost half of all immigrants were Asian. Countries that Asian-
Americans have come from include China and Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines,
Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and India. Many have settled in
California, Hawaii, New York, and Texas.
Melting Pots and Mosaics
For years, it was thought that the United States was and should be a
"melting pot"—in other words, that people from all over the world would come
and adopt the American culture as their own. More recently, some people have
compared the United States to a mosaic—a picture made of many different
pieces. America's strength, they argue, lies in its diversity and in the contribu-

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