Latino Immigration to the USA

The issue of Latino Immigration has a mixed opinion. On one hand some love the mixing of cultures. On the other hand, many want the Latinos to stay South of the border.

I began my search for the views on Immigration by first looking for an anti-immigration website. I found what I thought would be the perfect site, unfortunately it had been suspended with no reason as to why; although it is not hard to speculate. The website was called 'sendtheborderjumpershome' a fairly interesting website name, and I'm sure when it was still in use the information it provided would have been... enlightening. However, since I could not use this particular website my search went on and I came across the controversial VDARE website and eventually an article written on http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=MWFhYjhiODFiOGZmNTc1ZTQxMzlkNjNkNjIzNDg2YWU.
It was written by Alex Alexiev, a writer of extreme tastes and topics. He tackles subjects such as 'The Making of an American Terrorist' and 'A Marriage of Convenience: Obama, the Left and Radical Islam'. The Article written by Alexiev on the topic of Hispanic Immigration is called 'Catching Up to Mexico' written in August 2009, it blames the failing finance of California, not on immigration as a whole, but the poor Hispanic immigrants who make up the vast majority of California. He includes the statistics of the Los Angeles school District with over 300,000 of the 700,000 students being Hispanic 'English Learners', Many of whom will become High School Dropouts who will not benefit the Californian Economy. The Article also states that California is now nearing the bottom of all the 50 States in Maths, Science, Reading and Writing according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Alex Alexiev puts forward the argument that America cannot ride through this wave of immigration like it has with previous waves, as the immigration population is almost double the previous statistics and so America will eventually crumble under the pressure of Hispanic immigrants on the economy and educational systems.
Whilst looking for the Pro Latino Immigration website, I did not expect to find a website that held a story of Heroism and Hope. http://www.immigrationhereandthere.org/2008/03/nuevo_new_orleans_latino_immig.php It tells of the influx of Latin Americans into New Orleans after Katrina to save the city. They did the jobs that were classed as 'dangerous' and many had suffering health because of it. The information put forward by the writer Peter Holderness is that of acceptance. The non-Hispanics of New Orleans accepted the Hispanics and even made an effort to help them in the community. They clearly do not feel that the Hispanics a degrading their society and their economy, instead the Hispanics helped them to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. There is clearly a difference between the two articles. Both are written in an intellectual style, with the anti-Hispanic immigration article having alot more decorum than I am sure any VDARE article would have. What sets these articles apart are the areas they were written about and the topics within immigration that they decided to argue on. Where the Alex Alexiev argued about the Latinos degrading the system in California, Peter Holderness argues for their sacrifices to help a city that was decidedly un-Hispanic before Katrina.
If what Alex Alexiev says is true of the Latinos and the Californian society, then in the future New Orleans may be in for the same road as Los Angeles. But for the moment, New Orleans is a Pro Latino Immigration City, for whilst others ignored the call for relief, a 'minority' heard it and answered in force.