Hispanic Outreach

USA Today has an article about immigration and migration in the US. Here are a few sections from that article. The Shelby County Democratic Party has to reach out to hispanics now. A trend that should especially worry the Democratic Party is the division of the hispanic population by class. Those hispanics moving to the suburbs are much more likely to be drawn to the republican message. There is only a relatively small window left. Hispanic immigrants who had children in the US between 1990 and 1995, are only 3 to 8 years from those children being eligible to vote. Plus, many hispanic immigrants have gotten their citizenship over the past 15 years.
If you need another reason for outreach, look at the growth rates of the county compared to the city. The city has almost no population growth while the county is rapidly catching up to the city's population. We have to keep Shelby County at least a blue island in the area. SCDP wake up and go after hispanic voters or else you will become a political dinosaur.

Census tracks 'major waves'
By Paul Overberg and Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY
In the 1990s, most Hispanic immigrants came to the USA through five "gateways": California, Texas, Illinois, New York and Florida. "Now, you're just as likely to go to Iowa, South Carolina or Tennessee," Frey says.

Hispanics make up at least 5% of the population in 28 states, up from 16 in 1990, Frey says.

"You've got a very large share of the population living not in stereotypical neighborhoods where all the signs are in Spanish," says Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a research group in Washington. "There are still a lot living in densely Hispanic neighborhoods, but there are more who are scattered all over the landscape."

Some are middle-class Hispanics moving to the suburbs. Others are less-educated, poorer immigrants seeking jobs in construction, service industries and retailing.