Puerto Ricans in the U.S.

1.How is the Puerto Rican experience different from that of other Latin American immigrants to the U.S.?

As US citizens, Puerto Ricans are free to come and go to the continental United States without any restrictions; this is one element of the Puerto Rican migration experience that is very different than the rest of the Latin American experience. Cuban immigration, especially of the last thirty years, is often seen as separate and unique from that of the Mexican and Puerto Rican. Undoubtedly there are tremendous differences(Alvarez, pp. 45-51). The fact that most Cubans have entered as refugees has ...