Mexicans of American descent

U.S. Immigration in Mexico
Inmigración estadounidense en México

Total population
Over 1.1 million 1.1% of Mexico's population (1999)[1]
Languages
Mexican Spanish, American English
Religion
Mormon, Protestant, Catholic

Americans are a significant demographic in Mexico. Over 75% of Mexican immigrants are estimated to come from the United States, and Mexico hosts the largest amount of US emigrants. Most commonly, American immigrants are children of natural-born Mexicans. When parents are deported to Mexico, children who were born on the other side are claimed by the government of the United States. Mexico recognized as citizens of those Mexican states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California and Nevada left over from the U.S. side after the Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo to protect their property, farms and ranches but they had to adopt a new nationality (such deceased, really very few descendants have decided to regain their Mexican nationality). Many of its members have dual nationality, and among them are entrepreneurs, businessmen, showbiz people (actors, actresses, musicians), religious ministers, academics, students and others. They retain customs such as Thanksgiving Day, the Independence Day of the United States (July 4) or meetings Jazz in some Mexican cities.^[2]

History

The first American settlement in Mexico was the entry of Americans (mostly of European descent) as traders in California (at the time, the State of California was included as one Mexican state), Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas – which were formerly under Mexican rule – but soon as permanent settlers. When these settlers revolted against Mexico in 1846 for the plan to acquire land from them long before they entered there^{[citation needed]}, selected number of Americans who married Mexicans migrate to the rest of present land of Mexico. After a century until present, many American settlers, mostly from Gulf States) entered Mexico as businesspeople. Recent American settlers also include African Americans, Asian Americans, and Arab Americans with some Hispanic Americans of other origins (especially Puerto Ricans as they are native-born U.S. citizens) and Pacific Islander Americans (example here is actress Tongolele). One known Mexican of U.S. or Anglo American ancestry is former president Vicente Fox whose great-grandfather reportedly of German American ancestry left Cincinnati for Mexico in the 1860s after the U.S. Civil war.^{[citation needed]} Tens of thousands of Southern Americans fled to Mexico from the defeated Confederate States of America during the Reconstruction era.^{[citation needed]}

Language

Most Mexicans of American descent speak English and Spanish, either of which can be that person's first language. The latter is normally spoken in the Mexican dialect.

Religion

Most Mexicans of American descent are Christians, either Catholic or Protestant (which includes Mormons. Estimations indicate there to be 2 million Mormans in Mexico.) There has been a small migration of American Jews into Mexico, a minority may have Mexican Jewish ancestry descended from the Sephardic population from Spain in the late 16th century.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "American Citizens Living Abroad By Country" (PDF). US State Department. 1999. http://www.aca.ch/amabroad.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
2. ^ Retiring Americans, Go south, old man by The Economist