Citing the Pew Nativity and Legal Status Summary, from the PewResearch Hispanic Trends Project, 73% of Hispanics in the US are citizens.
A further 11% have legal resident status, and 16% are illegal or other.
Of the 73% that are US citizens, 64% are native born, and 9% are naturalized.
Unfortunately there is a tendency by some “conservatives” to speak in disparaging terms or assume the mere mention of an Hispanic surname means an illegal immigrant.
I only said “some” and cite these statistics as educational and informational.
“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.