In recent decades, many Mexican and Dominican immigrants have also settled in East Harlem.
Many Dominican immigrants, however, gravitate toward factory jobs or end up opening small businesses.
Many Dominican immigrants, in particular, who depended on public clinics and hospitals in their homeland, are unaccustomed even to the notion of a family doctor.
The players on both high school teams are mostly Dominican immigrants or the sons of immigrants, with a few Puerto Ricans.
Many Mexican and Dominican immigrants, for instance, earn less than $20,000 a year.
Many of the passengers were Dominican immigrants who lived in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
His family said he left in search of what most Dominican immigrants are after: a better life.
To reach more Dominican immigrants this year, the university created a satellite site in Washington Heights, with nondegree programs and credit-bearing college courses.
For these women, most of them Dominican immigrants, the daily games during the summer have become a neighborhood tradition.
Many Dominican immigrants come to network and live with family members.