A demographic portrait / Teresa A. Sullivan -- Hispanic immigration at the new millennium / David W. Engstrom -- The language question / Pastora San Juan Cafferty -- The changing religious practice of Hispanics / David Maldonado, Jr. -- Hispanics and education / Melissa Roderick -- Hispanics and the American labor market / Barry R. Chiswick and Michael E. Hurst -- Hispanics and health care / Zulema E. Suárez -- Hispanics and the social welfare system / Katie McDonough and Alvin Korte -- Hispanics and the criminal justice system / Cruz Reynoso -- Hispanics and the political process / Christine Marie Sierra.