They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life. We understand that the letter was submitted to the Minnesota Star and Tribune, but was not published. FAIR members will find the following a very clear statement of the issues involved in the controversy. Dozens of yellow and white rose petals litter the scratched wood floors of a first-floor apartment in West New York that has become home to a family of nine cousins, all from Puebla, Mexico. Thin bedsheets carve out bedrooms.
Mexican flags hang throughout the home.
And in the small common area, several large white buckets stuffed with newly wrapped bouquets are neatly lined up on a table. Above the table hangs a large framed picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas who Mexicans have a special devotion to, adorned with strands of rosary beads and a fresh array of flowers. San Francisco Chronicle Census Reveals Fast-Growing Diversity in U.S. Propelled by meteoric growth among Asian Americans and Hispanics, the U.S. population diversified faster during the 1990s than in the previous decade, new Census 2000 statistics reveal. Racial and ethnic breakdowns released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the trend toward a more mixed population is accelerating. Overall, non- Hispanic whites now comprise about 69 percent of the nation's population, down from 76 percent in 1990.