August 15, 2006
THE BETTER YOUR ECONOMY...:
Census: New arrivals fan out (Haya El Nasser, 8/15/06, USA TODAY)
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 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."
Note too the rapid growth in NH, where we find it impossible to fill all our open jobs with natives. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 15, 2006 7:44 AM
I never knew Illinois was a "gateway" state. Seems a little out of the way. My folks preferred Texas, like normal people.
Posted by: mc at August 15, 2006 1:53 PMOh, yeah - Cicero was 80% minority years ago.
And then there's the Pilsen neighborhood.
Posted by: Sandy P at August 15, 2006 4:32 PMAll they need to do is learn English and attempt to use English when speaking to Americans, and most of the anti-illegal immigrant feelings will subside. The kicker for me was when I called Pearl Vision in Dundee Illinois and the first langauge they answered in was Spanish, followed by English.
Posted by: ray at August 15, 2006 7:16 PM