The ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza was the first of about 175,000 #Nicaraguans who overwhelmed Miami in the 1980s

The three waves together brought the documented population of all #Nicaraguans in the United States to 202,658, with a large percentageof that number, 168,659, having been born in Nicaragua, according to the 1990 U.S. Census

Esteem for the United States, whether perverse or not, is certainly one of the main factors that has attracted #Nicaraguans to move North.

Over 62% of the total documented immigration of #Nicaraguans to the US from 1979 to 1988 occurred after 1984

The border towns of Tijuana and El Paso are the crossing points favored by the undocumented. These towns are notorious for drug cartels and prostitution rings in which many Central American immigrants, #Nicaraguans among them, are forced to work.

Little is known about the first #Nicaraguans to immigrate to the United States. One early visitor was Padre Augustín Vigil, a priest from Granada, Nicaragua, who served as William Walker's ambassador to the United States.

large numbers of #Nicaraguans were forced to cross the #Mexican-United States border illegally with the help of coyotes, a #Spanish colloquial term for the people who illegally transport immigrants into the United States.

According to several studies, the number of amnesty applicants suggests that there were about 200,000 #Nicaraguans living in the United States during the mid-1980s

The border towns of Tijuana and El Paso are the crossing points favored by the undocumented. These towns are notorious for drug cartels and prostitution rings in which many Central American immigrants, #Nicaraguans among them, are forced to work.

Little is known about the first #Nicaraguans to immigrate to the United States. One early visitor was Padre Augustín Vigil, a priest from Granada, Nicaragua, who served as William Walker's ambassador to the United States.

Despite significant cultural differences among Hispanics, #Nicaraguans are often perceived to be no different from other Hispanics and are thus subject to the same prejudices and stereotypes as other Hispanics