The Isthmus Nahuatl are an Aztec indigenous group who have migrated from Mexico and who maintain their pre-Spanish conquest language and culture. The Nahua peoples were at one point the dominant people in central Mexico. Some of the most important Mesoamerican civilizations were of Nahua ethnicity, including the Toltec and Aztec cultures.

Many Isthmus Nahuatl come from small poor rural farming communities and immigrate to the USA looking for increased economic opportunities to better the lives of their families and their communities of origin in Mexico. Families are frequently torn apart, as husbands typically immigrate first to find work, leading to separation from their wives and children, to whom they typically remit a significant portion of their wages. They tend to be hard working and found in jobs relating to service and agriculture. Their primary languages are Spanish and Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl, and children in the public school system in the USA are frequently bi or tri lingual.

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