The rise in Pentecostal and other types of Protestant religions is evident in some #Guatemalan American communities, where a large percentageare Protestants.

Although #Guatemalan Americans with legal resident or citizen status work in any number of professional fields such as law, teaching, and medicine, the large percentageof undocumented recent immigrants have little access to decently paying jobs

The U.S. government's refusal to designate #Guatemalan emigrants as political refugees and its persecution of Sanctuary Movement workers can also be interpreted as an unsympathetic stance toward #Guatemalan Americans.

Education is a high priority for many #Guatemalan American parents. In urban areas, like Los Angeles and Houston, the available public schools often have poor reputations, and parents prefer to send their children to private Catholic schools

A number of Native American groups have been very supportive of #Indigenous #Guatemalan immigrants to United States and empathize with their struggle against genocide and cultural obliteration

A number of Native American groups have been very supportive of indigenous #Guatemalan immigrants to United States and empathize with their struggle against genocide and cultural obliteration

Before the 1980s, most #Guatemalan political emigrants were ladino activists and politicians from urban centers.

Education is a high priority for many #Guatemalan American parents. In urban areas, like Los Angeles and Houston, the available public schools often have poor reputations, and parents prefer to send their children to private Catholic schools

Immigrant women tend to transmit and sustain traditional culture more than the men, especially in Mayan #Guatemalan groups.

Hispanic #Guatemalans have tended to blend in more with other Latino cultures and very little information about them or third-, fourth-, and fifth-generation #Guatemalan Americans exists.

If legal status is obtained, #Guatemalan Americans usually move on to other types of work such as construction, or jobs where they can apply their professional skills in areas like education or social services.

Attitudes toward marriage have also changed in several #Guatemalan American communities.

The 1990 Census also listed 225,739 foreign-born persons from Guatemala, reflecting the large portion of recent immigrants among #Guatemalan Americans

#Spanish is the official language of Guatemala and is spoken by most first-generation #Guatemalan Americans.

The 1980 U.S. Census recorded 62,098 #Guatemalan Americans, with 46 % arriving from 1975 to 1980

Happy Independence Day to mi gente.

Feliz día de la independencia para todos mis gente.

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A few organizations in Los Angeles have formed to promote and preserve #Guatemalan and Mayan American culture.

A number of Native American groups have been very supportive of #Indigenous #Guatemalan immigrants to United States and empathize with their struggle against genocide and cultural obliteration

a good number of refugee children have not had prior access to much education, since many #Guatemalan schools were closed during recent decades due to poverty or violence.

the actual number of #Guatemalan Americans is higher than the census figures, since many are migratory and/or undocumented and thus reluctant to have contact with officials