After 1965, changes in immigration law made it easier for Latin Americans and other foreign groups to emigrate to United States.

This resulted in Ecuador suffering an economic recession, as oil accounted for the country's largest and main source of revenue.

Other resources existing within Ecuador were severely damaged due to the extreme climate conditions caused by El Niño, which included floods, landslides, and torrential rains.

Their fishing industry, another source of revenue, especially suffered due to a failed anchovy harvest and sardines unexpectedly moving south toward Chilean waters.

Many immigrants get U.S. citizenship, others simply are legalized, while other groups live illegally, crossing the border from Mexico or entering by boat from Puerto Rico.

The plan attempted to fight unemployment and served to boost the economy by encouraging migrants to come home through various ways, including aiding returnees in their own business ventures.

[5] Ecuadorians had been sewing straw hats ever since the 16th century with the introduction of the Spanish Elites, it was not until 1835 when Manuel Alfaro would start an exportation business that would increase Ecuador's GDP.

The success of selling and trading goods relies heavily on a country's location and at the time Ecuador was not a busy stop for travelers.

A wave of Ecuadorians emigrated to New York City through the same connections established during the Hat trade, they were known as "pioneer migrants".

Migration to New York was very regionally focused in Ecuador, due to the Ecuadorians high economic reliance on the revenue that the exportation industry created, which was only in Cuenca and Azuay.

When the pioneer migrants reached NYC their families and friends joined as well, leading to a mass out migration in duding the 1980s, and 1990s after the 1980 economic crisis that left a majority of Ecuadorians, even those living in the urban areas unemployed.

[7] The exportation of people was facilitated by the only way that Ecuadorians knew, with the help of intermediary guides, who would provide financial needs, foraged papers, and other necessary services in their host countries.

The Ecuadorian parade consists of singers, DJ's, cars, and dance performances by the local community.

In recent years, more women have started migrating, often to reunite with their families and ensure financial support through money.

Despite the dangers of crossing borders and unstable jobs in the U.S., migration from Cañar remains strong, unlike other parts of Ecuador where it has slowed.

Early migrants, before 1990, found steady jobs in restaurants and often gained legal status, allowing family reunification.

Jobs depend on weather, and legal issues, like not having driver's licenses, make it harder to find steady work.

Many work long hours in summer to save for winter, pressured by debts and the need to send money home.

[17] Ecuadorians are the fifth largest Hispanic group in New York after Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, and Mexicans.

Another New York group of Ecuadorians live in the Bronx, in the Morris Heights and Highbridge neighborhoods north of Yankee Stadium.