Does the future of Dallas look like Mexico City?

[Wittgenstein's Ghost]

Why are we reviving this decade-old garbage zombie thread?

[NigerianNightmare]

The irony in this Thread is that the Hispanic population declined as a percentage of the City of Dallas, since 2010.

In 2010, the city was 42.4% Hispanic. The city is now 41.8% Hispanic.

[NoClueWho]

Originally Posted by NigerianNightmare

The irony in this Thread is that the Hispanic population declined as a percentage of the City of Dallas, since 2010.

In 2010, the city was 42.4% Hispanic. The city is now 41.8% Hispanic.

More non-Hispanic people have also moved to Dallas since 2010, which lowers the percentage of the Hispanic population.

[Gino'61]

Where is the Moderator??

Such a stupid topic.....

[widespreadfan]

Originally Posted by mikejj2004

I was looking at the 2008 demographics of Dallas and I can't help but notice that the hispanic population has massively increased, while the white and black population have gone substantially down in the same period. There is now 1.5 hispanics living in Dallas for every white person, up from about 1 in less than a decade. DISD figures show that only 5% of students are white vs 64.2% hispanic. Illegal immigrants are notoriously hard to count and based on being 64.2% of the public schools, It's quite possible that hispanics are >50% of the city of Dallas population.

Much of this increase is from illegal immigrants who have "anchor babies" that are able to obtain US citizenship through what is basically a loophole in immigration law. Some 70% of the babies delivered at Parkland Memorial fall into this category. I don't think it's fair for Dallas tax payers to have to bankroll the healthcare, education and entitelement programs of Mexican citizens living here illegally and their children.

This is a radical change in a major cities demographics in less than a decade, and I have to wonder what the endgame is here - what will Dallas look like in the future and is that a city you would want to live in or raise a family in?

Wow is all I can say! Texas has had a large legal population of Latinos since before it became a state. You should probably study Texas history. The Anglos haven't always treated the Latinos in a friendly manner. In terms of illegal immigration that is a political football. I would note that Anglos will be the minority in my lifetime. My family is mixed Anglo-Latino and we are proud of both sides of our heritage.