Last year, the U.S. issued 242,000 visas to Brazilian citizens, a sharp decrease from the 625,000 issued in 2019 and undoubtedly a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. With last year’s anomaly aside, however, the U.S. has always been a much sought-after destination for emigrating Brazilians, and visa trends are often indicative of economic phenomena back home.
Using figures from the U.S. State Department, data journalism website Pindograma took a look back at the progression of Brazilian migration to the U.S. over the last two decades, in search of eye-catching trends.
The first main finding is simply that the...
