Posted on 08/08/2024 9:56:16 AM PDT by algore
A respected think tank study has underscored America's massive demographic shift since the start of the pandemic, with millions more Spanish-speaking residents as the white population tumbled.
The Hispanic population grew by 3.2 million from April 2020 to July 2023, as the number of white people fell by 2.1 million — the result of immigration and birth and death rates, says a Brookings Institution study.
That means Hispanics accounted for 91 percent of US population growth in those three years.
At the same time, the black, Asian, and mixed-race populations grew by hundreds of thousands of people each, while the number of Native Americans expanded by a smaller 23,000.
William Frey says a 'diversity explosion' is reshaping the nation.
Frey urged policymakers to ensure schools, colleges and businesses were ready for these shifts.
While he welcomed the changes, they are a concern for some white and other Americans, who worry that the country is losing its character and becoming too diverse.
In social media responses to the study, critics said the US was 'quietly becoming a third-world country' and that the changes were due to 'mass illegal immigration' across the southern border.
Some, including tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, say Democrats want people flows from South America as part of a 'great replacement' of whites to secure election victories over the coming decades.
Illegal immigration is among the top concerns of voters in the 2024 election contest between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and anti-immigrant Republican former president Donald Trump.
Trump has railed against criminal Hispanic migrants and vowed to deport millions of 'illegals' if elected in November.
Harris, as President Joe Biden's 'border czar,' famously urged Central American migrants to 'not come' to the US.
But the administration seeks to expand the number of people who can apply for citizenship
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Just Hispanics?
How many thousands let /brought in FREE from other countries just to vote D,
that we citizens have to protect ourselves from?
ELLIS ISLAND!
I wonder how many “Hispanics” are from Spain & Portugal and their descendants who came to “New Spain” and Brazil. That is versus the folks who are the descendants of the North & South American Indians, aka “native Americans.”
The term Hispanic is an artificial catch-all that doesn’t denote race. It includes people from Caucasian ancestry who happen to speak Spanish.
My paternal Grandmother was one of 20 children, my Dad was one of 4, I was one of 8, I have 4 kids and just one Grand kid and my kids are heading into the no child zone age wise..not looking good.
Thank you for doing so.
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