Shaping our future: Hispanic population boom demands that Texas bolster opportunities for education and health care.

Posted on: October 23rd, 2006
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“The U.S. Census Bureau has marked the birth of the 300 millionth American, statistically predicted to be a baby born of immigrant parents in Los Angeles. The occasion should be a wake-up call for Texans to began preparing for a doubled population three decades hence, with a surging Hispanic majority that will confront the state with new challenges.

While Texas in the near future might resemble present day California in its demographics and politics, the future Lone Star economy might not keep pace with national competitors if its population is disproportionately mired in poverty, inadequate education and poor health.”

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