Hispanic American Diversity 1

Mexican American's make up 10.3% of the United States population and are 66% of the entire Latino population living inside the United States. Mexican American's have been living in the southwestern region of the United States for hundreds of years. The United States has the second largest Mexican population, and Canada has the third largest Mexican population. Mexican American's are descendants of Mexico who ultimately derived from Spanish Europeans who colonized the area around 1521. Mexican American's native language is Spanish. Do to the proximity of the United States and Mexico there are Mexican American's who speak fluent Spanish and English. The ebb and flow of Mexicans that currently move about freely among the two countries create an atmosphere of Mexican American's who only speak Spanish. However, the majority of Mexican American's speak English or are bilingual.
Mexican American's are politically considered “white” by the U.S. Government. This is because when the United States defeated Mexico in the Mexican American War, the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty established Mexican nationals United States citizenship, because they were already living in the southwestern area of the newly acquired land of the United States. Mexican American's were permitted to serve in all White units during World War II. However, when they returned home and needed medical treatment the Veterans Assistance Hospital turned them away. Also Mexican American's have been discriminated by not getting payed the proper wages as White American's.
Mexican American's face a steep social and economic issue. It mostly stems from the current illegal immigration population polarizing the United States. Most of Mexican American's have family that currently reside in Mexico. Most Mexican American's would like to see everybody who wants to come to the United Stated not be threatened with deportation. Currently the United States does have a