Nowadays , nativism in Brazil affects primarily migrants from elsewhere in the Third World , such as the new wave of Levantine Arabs ( this time , mostly Muslim from Palestine instead of overwhelmingly Christian from Syria and Lebanon ) , South and East Asians ( primarily Mainland Chinese ) , Spanish-speakers and Amerindians from neighboring South American countries and , especially , West Africans and Haitians . Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake and considerable illegal immigration to northern Brazil and São Paulo , a subsequent debate in the population was concerned with the reasons why Brazil has such lax laws and enforcement concerning illegal immigration
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Nativism (politics)