Figure 4 Nearly One-in-Ten Latinos Were Stopped and Asked About Immigration Status Question: In the pastyear, have you been stopped by the police or other authorities and asked aboutimmigra tion status? (%6 saying "yes")
One-in-ten Hispanics say that they have been asked by police or other authorities about their immigration status. According to the Pew Hispanic Center’s 2008 National Survey of Latinos, nearly one-in-ten (9%) Hispanics said they had been stopped by the police or other authorities and asked about their immigration status in the year prior to the survey, with the native born and foreign born equally likely to have said this.
Figure 4  | Nearly One-in-Ten Latinos Were Stopped and  | Asked About Immigration Status  | Question: In the pastyear, have you been stopped by the police or  | other authorities and asked aboutimmigra tion status?  | (%6 saying "yes")  | All Hispanics  | Native born  | 8  | Foreign born  | 10  | Note: N=2,015 Native born includes Puerto Ricans. Responses of  | "don know not shown.  | Source: Pew Hispanic Center, National Survey of Latinos 2008 