“Of the 73% that are US citizens, 64% are native born, and 9% are naturalized.”
I’d like to know the percentage of that 73% who gained citizenship through one of the previous amnesties. I’m certain a very large portion of that 64% were born on US soil from those who received amnesty.
“I’d like to know the percentage of that 73% who gained citizenship through one of the previous amnesties. I’m certain a very large portion of that 64% were born on US soil from those who received amnesty.”
What difference does it make? They are citizens and can vote.
Republicans need more votes. Take them where you can get them.
Wasting time trying to rule out pursuit of votes, is a losers game.
I moved back to California from Colorado as a young child. My first memories are of fellow first graders, but Hispanic ones. Maybe children of the illegal immigrants of the 1950s.
Now 60 years later, I still know a few of them. They are grandparents.
All across the Southwest this is the case, I believe. If one resides in a location with fewer and more recent influx of Hispanics, they may not grasp how many Americans are Hispanic or closely connected to them.
I have a cousin through marriage, who is 1/2 Hispanic. His father was career Air Force, and traced his ancestry to colonial Spanish California in the early 1800s.
My father served under USMC General Del Valle, on Okinawa.
The Hispanics were the first settlers in North America, after the Indians and Vikings.