THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE, once again at the center of U.S. politics, was accelerated by the success of president Obama winning more than 70% of the Latino and Asian vote in the 2012 elections. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s call for all 11 million undocumented immigrants to “self deport” was a significant reason for his defeat. Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the country — and growing rapidly — and more and more of them vote. Bipartisan groups have formed in the Senate (the “Gang of Eight”) and House of Representatives to hammer out a compromise bill to send to President Obama by the summer. The compromise under discussion centers on “border security” with Mexico, and if that is accomplished a long pathway to permanent
Immigration has always been an issue in the United States, which is often portrayed as harmful and as major threat to American culture. As a result, various anti immigration policies have been aimed against immigrants in order to prevent and preserve the miscegenation of American culture, such as English only policies. Among the largest minority groups in the U.S, are Latinos who currently compose of 15% of the U.S population (Delgado and Stefancic 3). Unfortunately, Latinos have been accused of taking American benefits, jobs, and have wrongfully been depicted as a result of not assimilating to American culture. Latinos are often accused of resisting assimilation, but what has failed to be acknowledged is that there are obstacles set in
On Tuesday June 28th, president Obama attended the North American Leaders' Summit with Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto and Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau as the leaders of North America. Why did the three leaders stand together? The plot to the summit was for their ambitious new pledged. The three leaders further harmonized trade to boost clean energy production. Moved and turn into a thesis. Can we stay unified after Obama is out the White House? Will it be possible to continue unification as the United States faces the challenge of Brexit, strong presidential leadership as we near the presidential election?
Immigration from Latin America and the growth of the nation 's Latino population are two of the most important and controversial developments in the recent history of the United States. Latinos are destined to continue to have an enormous impact
Another over reach of power by the Obama administration, he is illegally ignoring congress and magically creates laws, right or wrong, where none existed before. By doing so, he gives zero chance for anyone or any state to debate or object to what he is trying to do, that is why we have a congress.
Senator Rubio, I don't know how it works in the country of Florida and Afghanistan, but in the United States of America, besides other issues, when the leader of our nation solves our hostage crisis peacefully without getting us involved into more peaceful wars, then we the people highly think he surely deserves to be called, President Barack Obama. Although, President Barack Obama was able to bring home only six out of the seven of us, including Amir. Unlike some of your party members, who deployed hundred of thousand of American lives into Afghanistan and Iraq to capture two individuals. Perhaps you can tell us who smoked him out. As one of the Senators of the United States of America, you really don't think your President deserves his
In 2008, African-American presidential nominee Barack Obama garnered 67% of the Latino vote. In his bid for re-election, President Barack Obama acquired 71% of the Latino vote (Pew Research Center). With these statistics in mind, one can conclude that there has been a consistent growing pattern of continued co-operation between blacks and Latinos at the national level. This is in complete contrast however, to the mindset of some observers who believed that Latinos would not come out in the numbers they did because of racial bias and because of the fact that Obama received much less support amongst Latinos in the democratic primaries when faced against Hilary Clinton (Hero & Preuhs, p.3). Many people mistakenly thought this to be so because
Cardenas & Kerby (2012) reveal, “Our country is rapidly changing. As we approach the year 2050, our nation will be increasingly more diverse, and Latinos will be one of the forces driving this demographic change. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population estimate, there are roughly 50.5 million Hispanics representing about 16 percent of the U.S. population. By 2050, when demographers tell us that there will be no racial or ethnic majority among the general population of the United States, it is projected that the Latino population will double to 30 percent. Consequently, the role of Latinos in shaping our country’s political and economic climate is becoming more significant (Para. 1).This essay will explain some of the social class experiences of Hispanic Americans including economic struggles, education attainment, and healthcare insurance.
Whether with a cold shoulder welcome or a open arm embrace, the United States has constantly received a range of global immigrants, over half whom originate from Latin America (migrationpolicy.org). Largely driven by the prospect of the “American Dream,” the Latino immigration movement began in the 1840s and has fluctuated with new policies, including the bracero program, an oppressive operation for temporary migrant workers, during World War II, and the Immigration Act of 1965, which created the first immigration limit for the Western Hemisphere (Gutiérrez, Ewing). Since 1960, the Latino population in America has grown from 3.24% of the U.S. population to 16%, and recent estimates proclaim an approximate 11 million undocumented Hispanics, revealing the growing need for for a political reassessment of immigration policy (Gutiérrez, whitehouse.gov). Today, immigration policy, particularly pertaining to Hispanics, has become a controversial subject in the United States, bearing opposing views and proposals, accompanied by diverse impacts that could reverberate throughout the Americas.
A diverse minority group of Latino and Spanish-speaking peoples has played an important part of what it means to be American and what it means to be a citizen in the United States today. Moving into the future, in order to analyze the trajectory that this group is in, we must first understand the group’s history in the United States and in territories that would become the United States. In addition, we must look at the origins of the most recent wave of Latino immigration in order to understand their current effect on American society and the intersection between both minority and majority groups. Finally, we get to the apex of this investigation: what lies in the future for Latino Americans in the United States? Although Latino
The amount of Latinos in this country is rapidly growing; the Latino community is 16.3 percent of the population. In the article written by Kate Linthicum, it is estimated that 40 million Latinos will be eligible to vote by 2030 and in 2014, 25 million Latinos were eligible to vote. In the previous 2012 Presidential elections, the massive amount of Latinos had a significant importance in the election. Both the Democratic and Republican political party aimed to receive the support of the Latino voters. This upcoming election both political parties will have to find strategies to win over the Latino vote. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican political party is a perfect fit for the Latinos in the United States. They both have some qualities
Latinos have always for the most part favored the Democrats over Republicans in presidential contests, because Republican candidates are usually tough on immigration. But what many Latinos fail to realize is that the Obama Administration came down hard on illegal immigration. During Obama’s tenure as President, he managed to deport more immigrants than any other U.S. president in history. But yet Hillary Clinton won 66% of Latino voters on Election Day.
The Latino population of the United States has grown to become of such great importance that it has many wondering how much influence Latinos will have in the next presidential election. Since the 1960s the Latino population has grown from 3.6 million to 55 million and projected to keep growing through birth rates. According to the Pew Research Center of Hispanic studies, in the 2008 Presidential election Barrack Obama gained 67% share of the Latino vote in the general presidential election, which was a major swing from the projected Latino vote Hilary Clinton was predicted to receive (Lopez, 2008). This growth in the Latino community has many wondering how influence the Latino vote will have on the 2016 presidential election. The Latino population
Immigration and deportation reformation has been one of the hot topics in the 2016 election. Many have chosen which candidate to vote for based on their point of view on immigration and deportation matters. Some supported Donald Trump because he promised to deport all illegal immigrants if he becomes president while others supported Hillary Clinton because she was against mass deportation. In most cases, mass deportation threat has been focused on illegal Mexican immigrants; being the largest group of illegal immigrants and the proximity of Mexico to the U.S. They have been labelled as criminals, rapists, and drug dealers and some have suggested that they should all the deported first. In a population of about 11.3 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., and a population of over 6 million Mexicans, it is evident that a mass deportation scheme will affect them most. However, it can also be proven that illegal Mexican immigrants contribute to the economy more than any other illegal immigrants. Providing a pathway to citizenship for law abiding illegal Mexican immigrants and deporting only treacherous ones will not only improve the U.S.’s international relationship, it will also help keep families together and keep hardworking immigrants who contribute to the country’s economy.
Even though political participation of Latinos nationwide remains low, high concentrations of Latinos still are able to wield power and influence areas that affect Latinos like economic, educational, and social discrimination and exclusion, which, ironically, affect assimilation rates in the first place. The current events in California and other Latino majority areas of the country are but a small preview of the Latino political clout that is to
Hispanic and Latinos are the fasting growing portion of the electorate and these groups are expected to outnumber all other racial and ethnic groups in the near future. Street et al (2015) address the potential impact that mass deportation of Latinos and undocumented workers will have on the future of Latino partisanship. While the Democratic Party is known for liberal policies and progressive solutions to social issues the Obama administration (averaging 400,000 removals each year) is linked to policies of mass deportation that will influence the attitudes of Latino voters and their perceptions of the Democratic