August 16, 2006
Immigrant Population in the U.S. Swells
Yesterday's release of national census data was the big "immigration" story of the day.
An article by Haya El Nasser of USA Today titled Census: New Arrivals Fan Out concisely summed up the census information nicely. According to El Nasser:
Mexicans with little education and limited English skills are leading a wave of newly arrived immigrants who are increasingly fanning out from traditional gateway states, Census data released Tuesday indicate.The dispersal of new immigrants (mostly illegal)** to parts of the Southeast and Midwest that are unaccustomed to foreign-born populations in large numbers may be fueling national concerns about illegal immigration, some population analysts say.
"The most rapid gainers are almost every state in the southeastern U.S. other than Florida," says Jeffrey Passel, demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center. "Those are the states with the highest percentage of undocumented immigrants."
** The text in parentheses is not the author's; I added this remark.
Notice that El Nasser points out that the states with the highest percentage of "undocumented immigrants" (come on, let's call them what they are ... illegal aliens) are also the states with the highest foreign-born population growth. For instance, South Carolina had a 48% increase in their foreign-born population in the five years between 2000-2005. Yes, you read the correctly -- 48%! Nebraska had a 34% increase in foreign-born and Indiana had a 30% increase.
This is a catastrophe waiting to happen. There is absolutely no way these "foreign-born" (that's a politically-correct term, so I'm going to take the liberty of rephrasing) ... there is absolutely no way these new immigrants, primarily illegal aliens, are being assimilated into the regional culture of those states when they are flooding into those states at a seemingly uncontrollable rate, literally a huge immigrant tidal wave washing across this country. This bodes poorly for those states being overwhelmed by illegal aliens and other legal immigrants.
At this rate, they will soon face the same problems and issues as California, Arizona and Texas ... that is, if they aren't already facing those problems. As a former school teacher, I can easily imagine what's happening in their schools as English-speaking students suffer when teachers must spend more time with non-English-speaking students just to try keeping them up with the rest of the class. As a lifelong resident of California and nearly lifelong resident of the agricultural mecca of the San Joaquin Valley of central California, I can also fairly easily forecast what is likely happening to the wages of our own low-income earners in those states as more "foreign-born" swarm into the region and affect the job market by their willingness to accept wages far below those that Americans are able to accept in order to support their families. Then there is the issue of strained relations and conflict between long-time residents and new arrivals because the new arrivals are likely not assimilating into the culture of the area. Strain on the social service programs. Crowding in hospital emergency rooms. The toll on state infrastructure -- housing, roads, water supply, sprawl. I could go on and on, but I'm sure you see my point.
No wonder people are finally becoming up in arms about the illegal immigration problem. The effects of uncontrolled illegal immigration are just now being seen outside the traditional bastion states for illegals. More and more people are having first-hand experiences with the problems illegal immigration and unchecked legal immigration present for their state, their city/town, their communities, neighborhoods, and families.
El Nasser has added a nice, interactive map of the U.S. to the article. In various shades of blue, you can easily see the settlement patterns of these "new arrivals." Clicking on each state will also update a small informational box to the left of the map that displays the exact percentage increase of new foreign-born in that state.
I encourage you to check El Nasser's article and see what impact immigration -- both illegal and legal -- is having on your state. The only two states in the continental U.S. to show any sort of stability are New Hampshire and West Virginia. Alaska and Hawaii are also very stable states.
Posted by Kasey on August 16, 2006 08:36 AM | Filed Under: ImmigrationHmm, they are only showing a 14% growth in Ohio. Maybe the city I live in has more than some of the northern regions of the state because I see them everywhere I go.
Our current administration cares nothing about this problem and wants to make them all legals. What a shock. This administration needs to be kicked out of Washington and soon. But will things change? Doubtful, since no matter who we elect, once they get there they are brainwashed by the bastards still there. It's time to start over. Out all them idiots and replace them with people that will do what the public wants them to do.
You're absolutely right, Bruce. We need to get rid of our "leaders" wholesale. The only "leading" they're doing is leading us down the path to the destruction of our country. All they care about is making sure they get re-elected so they can stay in power. After all, it's a much cooshier existence to "work" in politics, never having to worry about your retirement plan, social security, medical benefits or time off because full retirement and medical benefits are automatically yours as soon as you hold office for a single term! And have you noticed that politicians seem to have more time off than even our schoolteachers who take entire summers off?
They don't live in reality, and they should be forced back out into the trenches with the rest of us so they can see just how bad things are.
Cross-contamination amongst legislators is one of the bigger obstacles we face. Leave only one "infected" politician in Congress, and any new politicians elected will eventually become "infected" themselves. It's a curious fact of human nature that deviation to the mean is not a true statement because typically a true mean is never achieved by which the "bad" person is brought up a little and the "good" person is brought down a little. As I've seen in my years of teaching, and in life in general, deviation to the mean, when dealing with people, usually means the "good" students/politicians deviate down to the level of the bad students/politicians while the bad students/politicians aren't brought up in the slightest. Deviation to the mean becomes deviation to the minimum. So both people end up being at the original level of the lower one, and there are no benefits to the citizenry, the rest of the class, or the teacher.
Posted by: Kasey on August 17, 2006 07:32 AM