Most of our population growth is directly tied to immigration. In 1970 we had a population of 200 million; today it is 305 million; and by 2050 it will be 439 million. About three quarters of our population growth can be tied to immigration, legal and illegal.
Immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history, and by 2050, it will be one in 5.
In 1970 non-Hispanic whites comprised 89% of the population. Today it is 66% and by 2050 it will be 46%. Hispanics have increased during the same period from 1% of the population to 15% today and will be 30% by 2050. Half of the children 18 and under in the US will be minorities by 2023 and by 2042, half of the country. This has had and will continue to have political consequences.
Bureau of the Census: An Older and More Diverse Nation by Midcentury
In 2050, the nation’s population of children is expected to be 62 percent minority, up from 44 percent today. Thirty-nine percent are projected to be Hispanic (up from 22 percent in 2008), and 38 percent are projected to be single-race, non-Hispanic white (down from 56 percent in 2008).
The working-age population is projected to become more than 50 percent minority in 2039 and be 55 percent minority in 2050 (up from 34 percent in 2008). Also in 2050, it is projected to be more than 30 percent Hispanic (up from 15 percent in 2008), 15 percent black (up from 13 percent in 2008) and 9.6 percent Asian (up from 5.3 percent in 2008).
What is particularly disturbing about these figures is that blacks and Hispanics have the highest rates of unwed births, 68% and 50% and the highest school dropout rates approaching 50% or more. This is the social pathology for failure in this country. We are creating a huge permanent underclass, which will affect our global competitiveness economically and cause social friction and unrest pitting the rich against the poor and ethnic and racial strife. How long can the fabric of this nation stay intact under such an assault? Will the country become Balkanized along cultural and linguistic lines? What happens to a sense of national identity when one in 5 residents is foreign born? Or politically when more than half of the country are "minorities?"
Maybe you didn't notice, but a LOT of those European immigrants voted Democrat, too. This country NEEDS immigrants, always has, always will, and it just so happens that the countries with excess population are mostly third world nations, and are of different ethnicity than Europeans. Nothing wrong with immigrants, we just need to make sure that those who arrive are here LEGALLY, and are not enemies before they're allowed in.
When they get here, they should be WELCOMED by the Republicans, rather than made to feel like they're some sort of scum of the earth. If the Republicans welcomed them, and talked about how America is the land of opportunity for those who work hard, some of those folks might even just think about voting for the GOP candidates.
Jeb was right in that too many Republicans were frothing at the mouth about immigration, and most people don't make a distinction, where they hear 'immigrants', between legal and illegal. They just assume that the person complaining is xenophobic, and frankly, some of them are.
I think a little closer examination of history will prove that notion 100% wrong. The early Americans had far superior firepower and other weaponry, and they were greatly outnumbered by the Native Americans.
Also, a few hundred Spaniards and few hundred non-Aztec allies under Cortez defeated tens of thousands of Aztecs. About the same with Pizarro and the Incas. Firearms, horses and European weapons made of steel were too much for the Native Americans, and the pale faces were almost always outnumbered during the first century or so of encounters.