YOU'LL KNOW THEY'RE FULLY ASSIMILATED WHEN...:

U.S. census survey finds more of California's immigrants are joining the mainstream.: The number of Spanish-speaking immigrants who are fluent in English is also increasing, survey says (Teresa Watanabe and Francisco Vara-Orta, 9/23/08, Los Angeles Times)

California's immigrants are more assimilated, with greater proportions reporting last year that they became U.S. citizens and the majority of Spanish speakers now saying they speak English very well, a sharp rise from 2000, according to U.S. census data released today.

Data from the bureau's 2007 American Community Survey showed that California continued to diversify, with whites declining to 42.5% and Latinos, Asians and blacks increasing to 54.4% of the state's population. The foreign-born population inched upward and now make up more than one-fourth of residents in the state and one-third in Los Angeles County.

But bucking perceptions that high levels of immigration are jeopardizing national cohesion, the data showed that today's immigrants, like those before them, are embracing an American identity.

...their kids are at National Review trying to stop the next wave of unassimilable immigrants.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 23, 2008 6:39 AM