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The current fertility rate in the US is 2.09, just a little below replacement level of 2.11. However, we take in over a million LEGAL immigrants annually [60% of whom come from Latin America] and 500,000 to 1 million illegals a year, the overwhelming majority of whom come from Latin America. Immigration accounts for about 3/4 of our population growth, .89% a year, the highest among developed countries.

Half of the children in the US between the ages 0-5 are minorities. Hispanics [of all races] were 1% of the US population in 1950. They are over 15% of the population today and will be 24.4% of the population by 2050. Non-Hispanic whites were 89% of the population in 1965, 67% today, and will be 50% in 2050.

"Unless the life chances of children raised by single mothers suddenly improve, the explosive growth of the U.S. Hispanic population over the next couple of decades does not bode well for American social stability. "

"The dimensions of the Hispanic baby boom are startling. The Hispanic birthrate is twice as high as that of the rest of the American population. That high fertility rate – even more than unbounded levels of immigration – will fuel the rapid Hispanic population boom in the coming decades."

Demography is indeed destiny.