1. Slide Show Presentation
By
J. Q. Hammer
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=64

2. Women around the world have
been migrating more in recent
decades.
Have constituted an increasing
share of migrant populations
almost everywhere.
The U.S. defies this global trend.
Women have made up larger shares
of legal immigrants to the U.S. in
recent years, as they have
elsewhere.
The U.S. is the only industrialized
country where percentage of female
migrants has declined over the past
25 years.
Increasing flow of male

3.  Blue indicates male/female
migrant population in 2005
The percentage of female migrants has
risen from 47.2 in 1980 to 49.6 in 2005,
according to the U.N.
In the United States, however, the
share of female migrants declined
from 53.2% in 1980 to 50.2% in 2005.
U.S. is an exception to the global trend
towards greater feminization
unauthorized flow is more male and,
larger than the legal flow.
Gender composition a marker of the
unique nature of current migration to
the United States
Analysis of data shows that the profile
of female immigrants to the U.S.
changed considerably.
In 2004, newcomers were better