The country is going to get "browner" as you put it regardless. The Hispanic population tends to have move children than do other ethnic groups.
The changing profile of the nation’s youngest residents also stems from the fact that some groups, especially Hispanics, have higher numbers of children than do non-Hispanic whites. One illustration of this difference is in the “total fertility rate,” or the number of children the average woman is predicted to have in her lifetime, based on current age-specific birth rates. For the U.S. as a whole, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of American Community Survey data, the number is 2.0.
Among Hispanics, the total fertility rate is 2.4. For non-Hispanic whites and for non-Hispanic Asians, it is 1.8. Non-Hispanic blacks (2.1) have higher fertility than whites but lower fertility than Hispanics.
Immigration is an important contributor to higher birth rates among Hispanics, because foreign-born women tend to have more children on average than U.S.-born women. Most growth in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2010 was due to births, not immigration, a change from the long-time pattern.
That said mvscal is correct. We have laws that are not being enforced and many want to completely ignore that fact. A large percentage have "anchor babies" that then cloud the issue even more.
It is time the Feds stepped up and did their part. We all know what some in AZ have started doing. Not everyone will agree, but that is a direct result of inaction by the Feds. Texas has gone in a different direction and started their own "Navy." Some Feds have said that it is unconstitutional and the boats should be immediately parked, but that won't happen. The same folks claim the Feds are responsible for enforcing the Border, and then turn away from that responsibility. In the meantime these boats are on patrol.
The State has even hired former Navy Seal Instructors to train the boat crews.
