Hispanic immigrants are assimilating just as quickly as earlier groups

This article, with the help of some very interesting charts and graphs, shows that Hispanics are no different than all the other immigrant groups in our history.   - - Donna Poisl

Posted by Dylan Matthews

Proponents of immigration reform tend to spend a lot of time emphasizing the need for immigrants to assimilate into American culture.

One of the provisions in the Senate’s bipartisan plan on immigration reform tasks immigrants with “learning English and the basics about America’s history” before attaining permanent residency, as Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) emphasized Monday afternoon when the senators unveiled their blueprint. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) noted that this was a first in American history.

Immigration reform critics often cite this as a major sticking point for reform. Some, like the late political scientist Samuel Huntington, have argued that the latest wave of Latino immigration is fundamentally unlike waves of European workers.
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