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Half of California students have at least one foreign-born parent
The U.S. Census Bureau released some interesting stats on students in the United States, including:
— Half of school kids in California have at least one foreign-born parent, the highest percentage in the nation. In Nevada, 36 percent have at least one foreign-born parent and in New York, its 33 percent.
— West Virginia and Mississippi have the lowest rate of students with at least one foriegn born parent — 2.5 percent.
— In California, Texas and New Mexico, one-third or more of students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade spoke a language other than English at home.
An earlier analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center found that the number of Hispanic students in the nation’s public schools is increasing rapidly, and nearly one-fifth have difficulty speaking English.
Richard Fry, a senior researcher at the Pew Hispanic Center and co-author of the study, said that an increasing number of Hispanic students are bilingual — speaking English and Spanish proficiently.
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By BackfromIraq
September 17, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this
The U.S Census Bureau report released just last month also included these facts;
The nation is projected to reach the 400 million population milestone in 2039. That is an increase in population of 100 million in the next 30 years!
In 2050, the US population is projected to be more than 30 percent Hispanic (up from 15 percent in 2008), 15 percent black (up from 13 percent in 2008) and 9.6 percent Asian (up from 5.3 percent in 2008). Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042, with the nation projected to be 54 percent minority in 2050.
3/4th of this population growth is directly related to the influx of foreign aliens and their offspring totaling some 2.4 million each and every year!!
Assuming the same ratio of population and infrastructure needs the US will need to build 36,000 schools, 52 million additional housing units and construct enough roads to handle another 90 + million cars !
Wake up America.
Such dramatic increases will effect many issues that Americans are concerned about including the environment, traffic congestion, spral and the loss of open spaces. This massive increase also would have implications for the size and scope of government. More densely populated societies almost always are more heavily regulated societies !
By George
September 20, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
And our education system is falling so low because of this influx. Soon we will be totally a 3rd world **** just like Mexico.