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

make up about two percent of the United States population. The largest concentration of Dominican’s live in New York.
El Salvador’s population is over six million. Two million Salvadoran’s live in United States. Salvadorian’s make up about three percent of the United States population. The largest concentrations of Salvadorians live in Texas and California.
Guatemala’s population is around seventeen million. Guatemalan’s make up about two percent of the United States population. The largest concentration of Guatemalan’s live in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.
Nicaragua’s population is around six million.

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

all).
Some of the least known things about Latinos and Latino immigration are how hard it is to get to the United States. The horrible conditions they endure to reach the United States. They are robbed, raped and tortured.
Latinos are the nation's largest minority group.

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

Mississippi.
One of every eight residents of the United States is Latino, it is projected that Latinos could account for one of every five residents by 2035, one of every four by 2055, and one of every three by 2100.
Latinos already have a substantial influence on the numerous social establishments and on all parts of society in the United States. Although Latinos represented hardly a glitch on the national sensor screen only a few decades ago, demographic processes have made Latinos critical to the upcoming social and financial direction of the United States.