Not just the border: Illegals spreading out across the country

Three years ago, a tiny financial services office opened in Nampa, Idaho, with just a handful of employees and a focus on Spanish-speaking clientele. But along with Idaho's Latino population, the business is exploding - El Centro is opening a second office in Caldwell, with plans to expand to Denver and Chicago soon, said manager David Cahoon.

"We're looking at hyper-growth areas. In Denver there's a huge Latino market there, and the same with Chicago," Cahoon said. "In Idaho, the Hispanic population is growing. It's huge, and we don't really have much competition."

Most of the United States' Spanish-speaking immigrants - both legal and illegal - are from Mexico. Statistics from several agencies suggest the number of illegal immigrants in the country is growing, with Bear Stearns in New York estimating between 12 million and 15 million of the nation's jobs are held by illegal immigrants. About 95 percent of Cahoon's clients speak only Spanish, he said, and at least 15 times a week he turns down a hopeful home loan applicant because they lack U.S.-issued identification.

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"Illegal immigrants are not just randomly flowing into places. They're following jobs," said Gordon Hanson, an economics professor at the University of California-San Diego. "Look at where the growth in the illegal immigrant population is strongest: It's in areas with growing populations, where there are more restaurants, grocery stores, construction and retail outlets. And it's in areas where the native U.S. manufacturing and labor force is aging and disappearing."


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they have been coming up here for years. a lady i work with just got her citizenship several months .she`s a fine citizen,a good mother,and she works harder than i do-i`m proud to call her a friend and a fellow american. it`s a shame the mexican government and institutions are so corrupt that they can`t have a society that provides employment for it`s citizens. they come here because there is nothing for them in their country but poverty and corruption.

I blame much of this (not all of it) on U.S. corporate policies. One of these days we-the-people are going to have to lay the smack-down on these corporations and their policies. That's all I have to say.





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