In 2000 statistical surveys, findings “revealed that 14. 7 percent of foreign-born immigrants remain two-thirds higher than the native born rate” as revealed in Katz. Many older gateways reflect a substantial 1 immigrant in every 6 native-born resident belong to poverty stricken and economically deprived. Many of these poverty-stricken immigrants are experiencing “degradation and poverty under deplorable conditions” according to Trueba (p. 141).
The inflow of immigrants has distorted the United States immigration map in recent years. Huge numbers of immigrants are now found in new destinations across the Southern parts and in many suburban areas. As the US is populated with an influx of foreign settlers, signs of strain can be felt across as natives “feel that the immigrant workers are taking jobs away from them” according to Katz, et al (p. 67). Others also feel that the “newcomers who are non-English speakers will dominate and denigrate the American culture”.