Word: hispanicization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Immigration will keep the U.S. from shrinking. Without transplants, the population would crest at about 245 million in the year 2000 and then start declining. If the projected rates of immigration and fertility are realized, 100 years from now America will have a population of about 300 million, of whom...
Politically, the prospects are uncertain. A large majority of immigrants -- some illegal, some ineligible, some anxious, some apathetic -- do not vote at all. Hispanic registration drives are trying to change that, but even in Los Angeles only 12% of the voters (vs. nearly 33% of the population) are Hispanic. Asians...
U.S. Catholicism, which has provided a spiritual home for millions of immigrants over the past century, has a shaky hold on Hispanic newcomers. A survey by Chicago Sociologist William McCready shows that 30% to 40% of Catholic Hispanics are not involved in parish life. One problem is the supply of...
Congress will stage its Sisyphean ordeal again this year. In May Republican Senator Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming introduced a new version of his much debated Immigration Reform and Control Act, and the Senate held hearings on the bill last month. It is the third time in four years that...
Simpson's bill would require anyone employing four or more people to demand documentation that establishes each person's identity and eligibility for work. That is slightly less onerous than the requirement in Simpson's earlier legislation that employers fill out forms to show they had properly screened candidates. Many...