Of New York's 8 million residents, 3.2 million were born outside the United States – a record high. The influence of one or another ethnic group completely changes city life. Immigrants affect school education, business, and even the housing stock... According to the study, more than a million New Yorkers speak English very poorly. Among them, Spanish-speaking immigrants are in first place, Chinese in second, and Russian-speakers in third.
Recently, a bill was submitted to the New York City Council requiring that a Spanish-language interpreter be invited to school parent-teacher meetings. One can imagine how much this will cost the Department of Education. On the other hand, the Spanish-speaking population has already surpassed the African American population. For example, the number of Mexicans, who now constitute the fifth-largest immigrant group in New York, has quadrupled over 10 years. But in terms of birth rate, New York Mexicans are in second place. And in first place are immigrants from the Dominican Republic, followed by Chinese.
Although lawmakers in Washington are demanding tighter controls on the U.S.-Mexican border and measures to combat illegal immigration, some American experts see no threat to the United States from immigrants. The words of Stephen Yale-Loehr, a law professor at Cornell University, confirm the study's data: immigrants account for 43% of New York's workforce. And among New Yorkers born outside America, immigrants from the former Soviet Union rank fourth by total number.
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