Summary

Summary

Latino’s Future

The sharp increase in Latino American populations is disproportional to the overall political clout of the constituency. This is due impart to fact that a high percentage of the population are non-citizen immigrants. Their future influence within the American political system is not underestimated as the American census bureau predicts their numbers will reach the 60million mark by yr 2020. Their impact upon American politics is illustrated by politician such as Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., who recently began incorporating Spanish words and phrase into his speeches, as a method of outreach to the Hispanic demographic. Official’s Pro-immigrant limitations, argue that the Hispanic population is increasing too rapidly. The sole argument is that immigration is occurring much quicker than the U.S. society can adjust; therefore the states in the southwest that are saturated with immigrants will ultimately wish to secede from the United States. To curb possibility of such occurrences there is question as to whether Latinos should be forced to assimilate to American culture. However, definitions as to what exactly is the ‘American’ culture are not particularly unanimous.