{"id":65919,"date":"2015-03-17T10:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T18:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=65919"},"modified":"2015-03-17T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T18:47:04","slug":"will-mexicans-save-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=65919","title":{"rendered":"Will Mexicans Save America?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21645996-one-american-six-now-hispanic-up-small-minority-two-generations-ago\">Economist<\/a>: &#8220;PREVIOUS immigrant groups typically saw progress with each passing generation, but Hispanic numbers have a habit of stalling or even heading backwards. American-born children of Hispanic immigrants tend to be less healthy than their parents, have higher divorce rates and go to jail more often. Jump from migrants\u2019 children to their grandchildren, and studies have shown academic results slipping in the third generation. Conservatives fret about \u201cdownward assimilation\u201d [&#8230;]Steve Murdock of Rice University, a former boss of the US Census bureau, recently published a paper warning Texans that Hispanics are not getting enough advanced degrees and qualifications to replace highly educated whites retiring from their state\u2019s workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economist: &#8220;PREVIOUS immigrant groups typically saw progress with each passing generation, but Hispanic numbers have a habit of stalling or even heading backwards. 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