Hispanic, Asian Immigration Decline Is a GOP Opportunity--and Danger - John A. Farrell
May 16, 2009
By John Aloysius Farrell
I hesitate to guess what this means politically. But it's a pretty big deal, diversity-wise. The Census Bureau says that the economic downturn has slowed immigration to such an extent that the projected date (about 2042) when white Americans will become a minority may have to be pushed back by a decade.
This will give the anti-immigration wing of the Republican Party more time to get with the McCain-Rove-Bush argument that, in politics, demography is destiny. Or maybe this pause will only lead them further in denial.
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