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In a 2022 study, it was found that 64% of Latinos surveyed had positive attitudes towards President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which was notably four percentage points lower than that of non-Hispanic Black respondents. It was also noted that support for undocumented immigrants was lowest among Latinos living in developing 'bedroom communities' or newly built suburbs designed for commuters. This was also the case for Latinos of affluent income levels, however they were still most likely to display a positive attitude towards undocumented immigrants, especially when compared to their non-Hispanic white counterparts.

Latinos who are racially white tend to live near and socialize more with non-Hispanic (Anglo) whites, and Black Latinos are more likely to socialize and live near non-Hispanic Blacks. Higher income Latinos were also found to be more likely to interact non-superficially with Anglos more often. Overall however, there is consistent contact between non-Hispanic Whites and Latinos, including high rates on intermarriage. Notably, in the research presented, there was relatively lower interaction between Latinos of different nationalities (such as between Cubans and Mexicans) than there was interaction between Latinos and non-Latinos. This is important as it reminds researchers that while they are often treated as such, Latinos in the United States are not a monolith, and often view their own ethnic or national identity as vastly different than that of other Latinos.

Despite Latino Americans being historically based in the Southwest, mainly of Mexican origin, as well as a notable Caribbean Latino population in the south of Florida, research shows that not only will Hispanic Americans likely become the dominant demographic group in the United States by 2050, overtaking non-Hispanic Whites, but this will include population group outside of the traditionally “Latino” areas of the country, expanding to the New York City metropolitan area, as New England

As Latinos, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, who are mainly of a mixed-race background, have moved further from the southwest, their prescencce has disrupted the traditional American view of race as a binary between Black and white.