Saturday, January 17, 2009

Latino Immigration Down

Michael Barone, writing for Creators' Syndicate, has a thoughtful column on the ebbing tide of Latino immigration in the United States. He makes some good points, and recalls some useful history regarding earlier immigration surges.

On the other hand, I've seen articles saying that the narco-terrorism violence in Mexico is keeping immigrants in the U.S. This in spite of the fact that many of the jobs for which they came are gone in the recession.

Who knows what to believe? Barone says one thing I believe you can hang your hat on:
History tells us that trend lines don't go on forever. Sometimes they turn around and go downward.

Let us hope he is right with regard to the illegal immigration we now experience.