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Illustrations Figures 2.1 The vice royalty of New Spain, 1786–1821 29 2.2 Map of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846 30 2.3  Land ceded to the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase 32 2.4 Hispanic population by county, 2000 39 2.5 Latin American–born population in select cities 40 4.1 Government entities that regulate immigration 76 5.1  Estimates of unauthorized immigrant population in the United States, 2000–2008 103 5.2 Unauthorized foreign-born immigrants 103 8.1  Employment status and education level of immigrants and US natives by gender 151 8.2  Employment status of documented and undocumented foreign nationals and US natives 154 8.3  Labor market status of undocumented foreign-born workers 154 8.4  Latinas/os by age and sex, undocumented, documented, and US natives 156–157 Tables 1.1 Top five countries that send lawful permanent residents to the United States 13 5.1 US Department of State visa chart, April 2009 90 5.2 Visa waiting period comparison between Swiss and Mexican immigrants 91 8.1 Employment of Latinas/os, by industry 150 8.2 Employment by industry and occupation in the United States, by nativity and Mexican birth 152 8.3 Labor market status of foreign-born Latinas/os, by period of arrival 153 8.4 Undocumented foreign national share of selected specific occupations 155 10.1 State and local law enforcement agencies with MOA to enforce federal immigration law 204 ...

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