This work explores the competition for jobs between different Latin American immigrant groups in the US economy. While it has been widely established that many Cuban immigrants have found economic success in Miami and New Jersey, no previous work has examined the impact of this Cuban success on the well-being of Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Columbians, and other Central and South Americans in the United States. It is argued in this book that some of this success may have come at the expense of Mexicans, Nicaraguans, and other Central Americans who provide a cheap pool of labor for Latino entrepreneurs but face discrimination in job promotions at  the hands of both white and Latino bosses. Bohon's research  looks at occupational status attainment among Latino groups  in Miami and three other US cities with flourishing Latino enclaves (New York, Los Angeles, and Jersey City, New Jersey). There she shows the disadvantaged position of some groups  regardless of their levels of education, job experience, English fluency, and other factors.  Immigrant occupational attainment in Latino enclaves is also compared to the average job prestige found in Asian enclave cities and selected US cities that are dominated by non-immigrant whites, offering, for the first time ever, an analysis of cross-enclave contexts.

Latinos in ethnic enclaves: immigrant workers and the competition for jobs PDF

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