The census 2010 american community survey ( pdf here) found that 25% of children in america a foreign born parent (19% with two, 6% with one).Kids cognitive learning that number is higher today. As of 2017, 13.4% of the US population is foreign-born. At these growth rates, their numbers will hit a record level sometime in the next ten years.Kids cognitive learning see this census report, and their headline graph …

As in the early 20th century, this massive flow of migrants is depressing wages and overwhelming our ability to assimilate them.Kids cognitive learning it took four decades, but in the 1920’s immigration was slowed and then halted. This allowed our society’s powerful assimilation machinery to absorb the first and second generation of migrants – and wage growth to resume, producing (for the first time in american history) a large middle class.Kids cognitive learning

The previous wave of immigration was assimilated by often harsh public policies – rooted in effective schools – plus an economy that provided adequately paying jobs for low-skilled workers.Kids cognitive learning today we have public policy rooted in multiculturalism – actively discouraging assimilation – plus ineffective (often chaotic and gang-dominated) schools, with an economy providing falling wages for low-skilled workers.Kids cognitive learning it is the recipe for building an even larger underclass.

The solutions are not even difficult, as such things go. They only require a national will, which we lack.Kids cognitive learning we are receiving people from india, china, and latin america. The first two are from very different cultures, but tend to have good educations and assimilate well.Kids cognitive learning the people from latin america are from more similar cultures, and if we work at it they will assimilate unless present in overwhelming numbers.Kids cognitive learning

“common culture and common language facilitate trade between individuals. Individuals have incentives to learn the other languages and cultures so that they have a larger pool of potential trading partners.Kids cognitive learning the value of assimilation is larger to an individual from a small minority than to one from a large minority group. When a society has a very large majority of individuals from one culture, individuals from minority groups will be assimilated more quickly.Kids cognitive learning assimilation is less likely when an immigrant’s native culture and language are broadly represented in his or her new country. Also, when governments protect minority interests directly, incentives to be assimilated into the majority culture are reduced.Kids cognitive learning …

“multiculturalism, or the tolerance by a society of many different cultures and languages, seems to be on the rise in the united states. This shows up in a number of ways.Kids cognitive learning one of the most tangible of these is the recent growth of bilingual education. In the past, most immigrants insisted that their children be taught in english so that they could become ‘‘americans.’’ the growth of multiculturalism, for good or bad, takes the view that americans speak many languages and have many different cultures.Kids cognitive learning

“in 1900, 85% of immigrants were fluent in english. Surprisingly, in 1990, the fluency rate among immigrants was only 68%, despite dramatic improvements in communication during the century.Kids cognitive learning what accounts for the change over time? When do immigrants hold on to their native cultures and languages? Under which circumstances is assimilation most likely to occur?Kids cognitive learning given that society exists at a point in time with more than one culture, do the benefits from moving to a common culture outweigh the costs of the transition? How do government transfer policies affect assimilation?Kids cognitive learning is the localization of minorities into neighborhoods a natural outgrowth of maximizing behavior and is subsidized integration welfare enhancing? Is chauvinistic behavior by some societies socially beneficial or merely an emotional response without any social value?Kids cognitive learning these questions are addressed below. The theory is confirmed by an empirical analysis based on U.S. Census data from 1900 and 1990. … summary and conclusion.Kids cognitive learning

“individuals from minority groups are more likely to adopt the culture and language of the majority when the minority group accounts for a small proportion of the total population.Kids cognitive learning the incentives are greater for any individual to learn the majority language when only a few persons in the country speak his or her native language.Kids cognitive learning thus slow and balanced immigration, where the flow of individuals from any one culture is small, results in more rapid assimilation than immigration that favors any one particular group.Kids cognitive learning individuals from the majority may learn the language or culture of one of the minorities. But it is less likely that the majority will learn a minority language than that a minority will learn the majority language.Kids cognitive learning

“empirical evidence from the 1900 and 1990 U.S. Censuses demonstrates conclusively that immigrants are most likely to be fluent in english when they live in communities that have small proportions of individuals from their own native country.Kids cognitive learning individuals who are from poorly represented groups learn english quickly. Those from groups with large proportions in the local population learn english more slowly.Kids cognitive learning this is a rational response to the differences in the value of learning english across groups. The finding holds up within cultural groups as well as across groups. Some additional points are summarized below.Kids cognitive learning

“there is a great deal of concern over the possibility that the mexican immigrant influx, which is predominantly low-skill, adversely affects working conditions for low-skill workers already residing in the united states.Kids cognitive learning similarly, there is a heated debate over the possibility that mexican immigrants and their descendants may assimilate slowly – relative to the experience of other immigrant waves – and this slow assimilation may lead to the creation of a new underclass.Kids cognitive learning

The empirical findings reported here summarize much of what is currently known about the economic impact of mexican immigration to the united states.Kids cognitive learning …A common theme runs through the essays: the sheer size and uniqueness of the mexican immigrant population in the united states ensures that the economic impact of this immigrant influx is pervasive and will likely form an important part of the discussion over many aspects of social and economic policy for decades to come.Kids cognitive learning …

The size of the large mexican immigrant influx of the past few decades is unique not only relative to current immigration, but also even relative to the very large migration of some european national origin groups at the beginning of the twentieth century.Kids cognitive learning in 1920, for example, the largest two immigrant populations were those of persons who originated in germany or italy, and together those two populations comprised about 23.7% of the foreign-born population at the time ….Kids cognitive learning as noted in the preceding, in 2004 mexican immigrants alone account for 28.3% of the foreign-born population. Put differently, the dominant position of mexican immigration in determining the ethnic composition of the immigrant population represents an important outlier in the history of U.S.Kids cognitive learning immigration. … “ the evolution of the mexican-born workforce in the united states.”

Although native-born workers of mexican ancestry have levels of human capital and earnings that far exceed those of mexican immigrants, the economic performance of these native-born workers lags behind that of native workers who are not of mexican ancestry.Kids cognitive learning much of the wage gap between the two groups of native-born workers can be explained by the large difference in educational attainment between the two groups.Kids cognitive learning

See george friedman’s (founder of stratfor) prescient predictions about the american southwest in his 2009 book the next 100 years: A forecast for the 21st century .Kids cognitive learning he describes where we’re going, facts too disturbing for most experts to say in public. This is a useful feature of such writing: since it is just guessing, we allow statements about the obvious that are politically or socially unacceptable (just as are, in a different way, statements by a court jester).Kids cognitive learning