Illegal Immigration and How Americans Are Responding to It

We've seen it in the news. Mostly Mexican nationals that were supposedly sneakily crossing the border between the United States and Mexico illegally and were caught and brought to some detention center somewhere. From there, they are "processed" and are then sent into the back of a van or onto an aircraft back to Mexico. The only thing is, 90 percent of them will be seen again the following week, if caught again.

There are entire Mexican neighborhoods now in many areas, and in the just the state of California alone, they are considered now the majority ethnic group since some time at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This is a total change as of more than ten years ago from this day; there was definitely more Caucasians to every Mexican here in the state of California. That has long since changed, and because of Hispanic population visibility, they are now more than ever courted by both the Democratic and the Republican parties. There are labels in grocery stores that have both English and Spanish written. In restaurants there are menus that both come in an English written version and another in a Spanish written version. In telephone calls to automated machines, they let you select an option of receiving spoken information through either Spanish or English. A Spanish-language television channel was unthinkable twenty years ago, but now there are more than four to five major Spanish language television channels on cable. Now more than ever, there are even advertisements in normal American TV channels that even court Spanish speaking people, and Hispanic pop culture oriented TV shows and sitcoms. There is also now the option to get your voter ballot in either English or in Spanish.

Things have changed a lot since then. To the point where maybe one day, you might even see a Caucasian man or women become president, but find out that his or her last name or maiden name is or was Valdez, Garcia, Guzman, Carrera, or even Gonzales.