Demographics of the United States
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As immigration reform talk boils, immigrants wait in lines — that may only get longer
There are thousands, perhaps millions of immigrants waiting in line, legally, to become U.S. citizens. Politicians agree that those who may be put on a path to legalization by immigration reform should wind up “behind” those already in line. What that means, though, is ill-defined. And if the line doesn’t speed up, folks may die in line.
4 ways the face of America is changing, according to new Census data
The U.S. Census Bureau released new data for 2011 that go a long way in describing the shifts in American demographics. We’re becoming more multicultural, we’re becoming younger, but only in certain places. In fact, white Americans are becoming less numerous, and certainly as a portion of the school-age group.
