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Hispanic birth rate soars in Southeast
MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press
ATLANTA - Hispanic births are skyrocketing in the Southeast, where an increase of at least 40 percent was recorded in five states between 2000 and 2003, according to a new government report.
Among the states with the largest increases were Kentucky (80 percent), South Carolina (62 percent), Alabama (53 percent), Tennessee (53 percent) and Arkansas (40 percent), the report found.
The report, from the National Center for Health Statistics, is called the first state-by-state breakdown of birth and fertility rates in the U.S. Hispanic population.
U.S. births for non-Hispanic whites decreased 10 percent between 1990 and 2000, and 2 percent between 2000 and 2003, the report showed. Births for blacks declined 9 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
In contrast, births for Hispanic women jumped 37 percent between 1990 and 2000, and another 12 percent between 2000 and 2003.
But there were differences in birth and fertility rates among Hispanic sub-populations, noted Paul Sutton, an author of the new report.
Mexican-Americans had the highest birth rates overall, followed by Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans. Mexican-Americans gave birth in their teens and early 20s at higher rates, while for Cuban-Americans, the highest birth rate was for women in their late 20s.
And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.
In North Carolina, there were 181 births per 1,000 Mexican women ages 15 to 44 in 2000. In Georgia, the fertility rate was 180 per 1,000 Mexican women.
In contrast, the U.S. fertility rate for Mexican-American women was 105 per 1,000. California's was 112, and Texas' was 124.
It's not likely Georgia or North Carolina will soon surpass Texas or California in Hispanic births: In 2003, nearly 270,000 babies were born to Hispanic mothers in California and 183,000 in Texas, but 18,000 in Georgia, 16,000 in North Carolina, and 5,000 or fewer in most other Southeast states

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If you agree with the Cobb County Commissioners and the Cobb County Sheriff's Department, that the Illegal Aliens in our jails on additional charges should be deported after they complete their sentences....

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You should be more focus on more important thing, rather than stoping people who realy wants to work.

in reply to Raul Rodriguez Ferrari:
Stopping people who really want to work? There's plenty of US citizens who WANT to work but their jobs are being taken over by illegal aliens. There ARE U.S. citizens who will work below-wage jobs and do that proudly. Ever hear of waitressing? That's not minimum wage, yet there are U.S. citizens who do that for a living, for example. Anyone is welcome to work in the U.S., provided they become a citizen and not sneak over the border! alot of our ancestors also emmigrated to this country and became United States citizens, so no excuses whatsoever.

1,000 ICE AGENTS RAID MEATPACKING PLANTS IN SIX STATES: Federal agents targeting illegal immigrants raided meatpacking plants in six states yesterday, arresting hundreds of workers on the uncommon charge of identity theft and shutting down the world's second-largest meat processing company for much of the day. About 1,000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with search warrants entered plants owned by Swift & Co., of Greeley, Colo., charging that "large numbers" of workers illegally assumed the identities of U.S. citizens or legal residents by using their Social Security numbers to get work, ICE officials said. Washington Post: Illegal Workers Arrested In 6-State ID Theft Sweep