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What a linguistically diverse nation we live in! Seeing as Spanish is very useful in CA, TX, NY-NJ, FL etc., maybe we should consider making it a second official language.
Im not Hispanic but I learned Spanish while living in South America off and on for varying stretches of time over the past 23 years. It's a lovely language and we already have millions of bilingual English+Spanish speakers.
Anyhow, the data showing Spanish surpassing the 40 Million threshold in 2015.
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There is no "official" language in the United States. I say we leave it that way.
I am conversational in Spanish but I don't think we should make it an "official" language anymore than we should make English the primary official language.
B) Illegal immigration numbers are down due to the Mexican/South American baby bust, decreased opportunities in America, and increased opportunities in Latin America. Some estimates have had a net DECREASE of illegals in the last few years.
C) Hispanics intermarry with whites at incredible levels, and tend to lose their Hispanic culture. Almost half consider themselves "white."
D) They can't afford to live in places like Cali and New York anymore, and I can tell you that any number have gone home in bay area Cali.
The height of the Hispanic population boom was 2007. Anyone who thinks different is looking at fake numbers.
The height of the Hispanic population boom was 2007. Anyone who thinks different is looking at fake numbers.
Call the census bureau and take it up with them.
According to factfinder.census.gov, the number of persons ages 5+ who speak Spanish in the United States rose by about 800,000-from 39.2 million to 40 million.
This is the official govt data used to allocate federal tax dollars so this is what the President and Congress go by.
Better add Chinese too, they're moving in faster than the Hispanics.
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