Poll: 42 Million From Latin America, Caribbean Want to Migrate to US

Poll: 42 Million From Latin America, Caribbean Want to Migrate to US
Illegal aliens cross the Rio Bravo to get to El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Feb. 5, 2021. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A new survey found that 42 million people from Latin America and the Caribbean region want to immigrate to the United States.

“There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Roughly 450 million adults live in the region. Gallup asked them if they would like to move to another country permanently if they could,” said Gallup CEO Jim Clifton, whose company conducted the poll, in an article on March 24. “A whopping 27 [percent] said ‘yes.’ This means roughly 120 million would like to migrate somewhere.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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