demography

Demography

Since 1989, the demography of the country has changed many things in the United States due to both, legal and illegal immigration. Between 1990 and 2010, over 20,000,000 immigrants arrived in the United States.

Everyday things such as music, food and even sports, such as baseball have changed.

__**Music**__ Salsa rhythyms are more common in music today, as are more recording artists who are of Latin American descent.

There is more ethnic foods available across the country today in supermarkets, small ethnic markets, and restaurants. Latino foods compete with Indian curries. Japanese sushi competes with Thai food.
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The changing demography has even changed America's favorite pastime. Where once baseball players were mostly American born, today many ball clubs have players from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, and Japan.
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There is now more religious diversity in the U.S., and even within places like catholic churches, it's common to find masses being said in two different languages.

Even the face of the Supreme Court of the United States is changing. President Obama's picked Judge Sonia Sotomayer to serve on the Supreme Court.

In 1994, Proposition 187 was a California state ballot initiative that stated that illegal immigrants should be denied health, education and welfare benefits. It passed with a 59 % majority. A federal judge ruled that Prop 187 was unconstitutional and it never went into affect. In 1998, California tried again with Proposition 227. This proposition stated that students that needed bilingual education programs would only have one year of English immersion before having instruction on English only, basically phasing out all bilingual education programs.

Demography is also affecting the No Child Left Behind Act, which states that all students in American public schools need to be proficient in math and reading.

April 21, 2011 Alabama worked on further passing a law to crack down on illegal immigration that would allow the police to check detained peoples immigration status. All businesses will have to check the immigration status of their workers. The bill passed in the senate by 26-6. The bill also extends to landlords who must evict any people renting from them that they find to be illegals.

The Demography of our country has changed the way we live our lives, both in great ways and not so great ways. Terrorism has become an issue in the USA since 9/11. The people who perpetrated the events of 9/11 were legal immigrants.

Many people feel that demography favors the Democratic party.

The current typical weaponry for border patrol is the HK P2000 sidearm but they also carry in some cases rifles and shotguns. Starting August 1, 2011 Border Patrol Agents will be forced to trade in their firearms for non-lethal dye-markers (like paintball guns).

In 2000 the percentage of Hispanics in the U.S. was 12.5% but in 2010 it grew to 16.3%. Asian Populations have increased from 3.6% to 4.7% and the white population has gone from 69.1% to 63.7%.