. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "These people bring vital cultural traditions to our state that many employers, community leaders and others have already recognized/5 —David Griffith. A50VE: Las Carolinas in Snallotte caters to immigrants looki ng for long-distance "calling cards so they may keep in touch with relatives in Mexico and other countries. Hispanic Mig-ation Large numbers of Spanish-speaking immigrants began moving to North Carolina in 1986 after the passage of the Immigration Reform & Control Act, which gave imm
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "These people bring vital cultural traditions to our state that many employers, community leaders and others have already recognized/5 —David Griffith. A50VE: Las Carolinas in Snallotte caters to immigrants looki ng for long-distance "calling cards so they may keep in touch with relatives in Mexico and other countries. Hispanic Mig-ation Large numbers of Spanish-speaking immigrants began moving to North Carolina in 1986 after the passage of the Immigration Reform & Control Act, which gave immigrants legalized status if they lived and worked in the United States for five years. "Farm workers from Mexico first went to Texas and California when sugar beets and cotton were mechanized," Griffith explains. "Then they began migrating to Florida. Once the immigrants were in Florida, they began coming up the East ; From 1990 to 2000, the number of foreign-bom immigrants increased by more than 200 percent in North Carolina, according to the Census Bureau. "However, the actual numbers of foreign-bom immigrants are higher because officials overlook many undocumented immigrants and do not include those doing seasonal work such as seafood processing," says Johnson, an ECU sociologist. In recent years, Hispanics also have migrated to rural parts of southeastern North Carolina, particularly in Duplin, Sampson, Pender, Bladen and Brunswick counties — where they have been integrated into the poultry, pork and pickle industries. Others have found work in landscaping and related industries. They also have settled in North Carolina's metropolitan areas, including Wilmington. Most move to North Carolina to improve their standard of living. "I left Mexico when I was 19," says Munoz, who has lived in the United States for 20 years. "I had a dream of buying a truck and selling cattle. But it didn't work ; Instead, Munoz t
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