This article discusses the Puerto Rican migration within the broader context of Caribbean migration to the United States. The first part is a discussion about the theoretical framework. The second part is a discussion about the historical origins of Caribbean migration to the United States. The third part discusses the post-1960's Caribbean migrants class origin. The fourth part is a discussion about the modes of incorporation to the host society. Finally, the last part discusses the challenges of the identification strategies of Puerto Ricans to traditional conceptualizations of identity.

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labor migration Puerto Rico identity construction colonialism population migration