Thread: Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth

Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth
S.C. ranks first in Latino per capita growth from 2006 to 2007

The Carolinas' Latino populations continue to rank among the country's fastest-growing, despite a slowing economy and a tougher crackdown on illegal immigrants.

New Census data show South Carolina's Latino population ranked first among states in per capita growth from 2006 to 2007. North Carolina was third, with Tennessee between them.

The Charlotte region continues to fuel the increase, with more than 16,000 new Latino residents arriving in the area.

The new arrivals come not only from Mexico, Central and South America, but also New York, New Jersey and California, where U.S. economic problems have taken a greater toll, immigrants and advocates say. Latinos continue to see the Carolinas as having more jobs, cheaper housing and a better climate.

Not that the Charlotte region and the two states have escaped the economic slowdown. One-way bus and plane tickets from Charlotte to Latin America have more than doubled, in part because of the loss of jobs. Other Latinos are leaving the area due to tougher enforcement of immigration laws.

But far more Latinos continue to arrive than leave.

It's all about the jobs, says Angeles Ortega-Moore, executive director of the Latin American Coalition in Charlotte.

“The moment companies in Charlotte, or in any place, stop hiring undocumented people, that's the moment we will actually start seeing the decline,â€

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The U.S. is the only developed country still experiencing third world-like population growth, most of which is due to immigration. It's absolutely imperative that our population be stabilized, and that's impossible without dramatically reining in immigration, both legal and illegal.
Virtually every industrialized nation, including China, Mexico, and most recently the entire European Union has taken steps to end illegal immigration, and to curtail legal immigration to only that which is prudent, demonstrably necessary, and above all other considerations, in the best interests of their native populations. It's dangerous to suggest that the United States should not do likewise!

The truth is that immigration is the main factor which will cause our nation's population to grow to 430 million by the year 2050. This is equivalent to a near 50% increase in our population in just the next 50 years, according to the Census Bureau.

Today, California alone has a higher growth rate than India. The U.S. as a whole has a higher growth rate than China.

The U.S. is by far the most welcoming country in the world to LEGAL immigrants, with over one million brought in under 9 different visa programs. But immigration spins totally out of control with the additional factor of well over another million ILLEGAL immigrants crashing the border each and every year. That number jumps considerably when you add to that million another 300,000 plus anchor babies born annually. An October 2007 study by CAPS states that there are now as many as 38 million ILLEGAL immigrants residing within the U.S. and that number is rapidly rising every day.