Posted on 06/11/2007 6:54:15 AM PDT by LouAvul
By 2020, at least one in four children in the state will be Hispanic, figures suggest.
The face of Oklahoma's children is changing.
The makeup of the state's young population is changing from mostly white to frequently Hispanic, and if the pace continues, at least a quarter of Oklahoma children by the year 2020 will be Hispanic.
The number of Hispanic youths in Oklahoma has increased by more than 32 percent since 2000, while the population of non-Hispanic youths decreased by 2.6 percent, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
''I see everything changing,'' said Nilda Reyes, director of equity and diversity at Tulsa Public Schools.
The recent Census report showed an obvious increase in the state's Hispanic population overall, about 38 percent. At the same time, the number of non-Hispanic people in Oklahoma increased by just 1.8 percent.
A Tulsa World analysis of the Census figures shows the Hispanic growth is even heavier in the youngest age groups.
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Thanks for posting that information. People need to keep the calls going to their Senators to hear the Inhofe bill.
The next census won’t be taken until 2010.
Exactly.
Don’t you love the smell of hyperbole in the morning?
Yep, and these numbers have gotten dramatically worse since then, illegally speaking. As bad as the map looks today, it is good news compared to the current-day truth. There's time to act.
I don't need a lecture on what the negative effects of illegal immigration are. I am just trying to make the point that we hurt our cause when we point out race instead of legal status.
I believe that we should put a vise lock on our borders using lethal measures if need be. The next step would be to get a census of who is here. Third, deport anyone with a felony. Last, start the debate on what to do with the remaining illegals.
In my West Texas city... school population is already 70% spanish..... they are changing demographics all over the south and west.
People fear latin immigration in the same way they have feared Irish immigration and Italian immigration and Chinese immigration and every other large immigrant movement in the past. Chinatowns and Little Italys will always be around, but the immigrant population will assimilate and America will be just as strong as she ever was. To think that (LEGAL) immigration will ruin America is to pay too little attention to her past and to give her too little credit.
As long as they wish to become Americans loyal to America, that’s fine with me.
And what evidence do you have to persuade the doubters among us?
Empirical data. please...
CA....
They have no respect for our way of life.
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! Its NOT OVER!!
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