The issue of this article is the immigration of Brazilians to the United States, social phenomenon that is growing a lot, but has not been studied as deserved. The paper emphasizes the migratory process in the 80's, period in that the migration increases extraordinarily, and tries to compare two different experiences in social and generaiional ierms, including a case of legal immigration in the beginning of the 60's and a case of ilegal immigration in the middle of the 80's.
Migration; "lost decade"; "ilegal aliens"