Mexican Immigration Problem

Thirty-two million legal immigrants and twelve million illegal immigrants have entered the United States, from 1960-2008. Forty-three percent of the United States population is immigrants, twenty-seven percent of which are Mexican.

Mexico’s population in 2017 was around one hundred twenty million. Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the thirteenth largest in the world.

Cuba’s population is eleven million. Two million Cubans live in the United States. Cubans make up three percent of the United States population. The largest concentration of Cuban Americans lives in Florida.

Dominican Republic’s population is around eleven million. More than one million Dominican’s live in the United States. Dominican’s

About one half million live in the United States. The largest concentration of Nicaraguan’s live in Miami.

Puerto Rico’s population is over three and one half million. Over four and one half million Puerto Ricans live on the United States mainland. The air bridge for Puerto Ricans connects the Island and the Mainland.

The states Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California once belonged to Mexico, until the U.S. decided it wanted those provinces and declared war on Mexico. Manifest destiny was the widely held belief of the United States.

Some of the misconceptions of about Latinos are that they are all immigrants. Many Latinos lived, in the once Mexican states, such as: Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California before the United States took them. Hispanics are one similar group, is untrue. They can be of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican, Guatemalan origin.

Latinos are discriminated against by low wages, not being paid equally to non-Latinos doing the same jobs. They are also discriminated against because some believe all Latinos sell drugs. Some are discriminated against just because they are Latino (or for no reason at

The Latino population has had an impact not only on the demographics of the U.S. population.

This is evident in the increasing popularity of Latin American food and music and in the commonness of Spanish-language signage, advertisements, and media. In addition, the business community has discovered the economic influence of the Latino population.

The unlimited diversity presents challenges in understanding the rate and scope of Latino groups' integration into mainstream United States society. Educators, policymakers, businesspeople, and others in the United States need knowledge about the Latino population and the groups within it to more effectively understand and aid the specific needs of Latino populations.

The increase in purchasing power of the Latino population is expected to be larger than that of the white, African American, American Indian, and Asian populations. Politicians slowly recognize the political power of the Latino population.

The Latino population has grown quickly in states that have usually had fairly few Latinos such as Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and