The ratio of non-Hispanic whites are shrinking, according to an article on-line and in today’s Tribune, A1. Senior Research Analyst Jeffrey Passel at Pew Hispanic, gave some pretty daunting figures.
It boils down to this - especially in AZ where so many come to retire, or migrate here from other states and countries; if we don’t embrace immigration in a productive, workable fashion - we’re going down the tubes faster than anywhere else!
The study made the math pretty simple. We have a senior population on the rise - the Census Bureau predicts that AZ in 2030 could have 41 seniors for every 100 working age, and 45 children under 18 - resulting in a dependency ratio of 86. That’s not good! It leaves fewer in the working population.
Immigration brings working age people who have children born in the U.S. To slow that process down, and since the study is based on a nationwide ratio, could be be the “kiss of death” to the U.S. economy.
When it comes to the census, at least in AZ, it’s generally well-known that not all immigrants show themselves counted for fear of what the government may do - even though the government is held by law to protect and not divulge any one’s identity in this process. I understand this is strictly adhered to; without an accurate account of those residing in the state, the state does not receive federal funds actually due it.
I’m wondering, do those that seem so slow in addressing immigration reform - know these facts? Perhaps. I’m convinced cooperation is the key.
These political issues, and so many more, are really too much for me to give another thought to. Therefore, I’d like to leave it to the experts of the world. As for me - it is: Adios!
The issue is this: Americans, who are the TRUE IMMIGRANTS are calling the Mexicans Immigrants, but the Mexicans, who are INDIGENOUS, are in their own Homeland.
Mexicans were here before Americans ever existed on this continent. In FACT, they were already known as “Mexican”, a thousand years before the Americans IMMIGRATED to this land. Mexicans [me:shijka] belong the the Uto-Nahua ethno-linguistic group that stretches from Canada to Nicaragua, and thats just the Mexicans. Thats not counting the hundreds of other ethnic Indigenous people IN Mexico who are also related to Indigenous people north of the Rio Grande, like the MAYA, TOTONACO, HUASTECOS, CHICHIMECAS, ETC.
Let’s be real, if Mexicans are NOT Immigrants, then why is there such a frenzy to deport them en mass? Could it be that COLONIZATION of the Indigenous people is still occurring?
Who are the Immigrants? The Americans!
Don’t call me a Native American, call me a Native Mexican…the name of MEXICAN has been around on this continent for over 1,000 years as an INDIGENOUS NAME!
THE “american” name has been around for only the last 300 years by European Immigrants.
If the Americans want to deport people who are Immigrants, shouldn’t they start with themselves?
Stop deporting Indigenous people! Stop treating us like we are foreigners to our HOMELAND!