Roberto Suro Population Quotations

The provocation ended up being even more substantial because the thing was actually passed. What that showed is that immigration can be a mobilizing issue for Hispanic voters in a negative sense, that they will respond to a perception that the entire population is being demonized, or that the measures are excessively harsh.

The unknown here is the extent to which someone retains an ethnic identity that influences their choices of entertainment. It's a large enough population that marketers are spreading their bets.

You've got a very large share of the population living not in stereotypical neighborhoods where all the signs are in Spanish. There are still a lot living in densely Hispanic neighborhoods, but there are more who are scattered all over the landscape.

Those places all tend to be metro areas where the overall population is growing fast and where the economies are vibrant. That kind of rapid economic growth and expansion creates a demand, particularly for recently arrived immigrant workers.