A Mexican man — who was deported twice and has a history of arrests –Â feigned U.S. identify for 40 years and received $360000 in benefits. Caught, he faces prison.
Since he is a resident of Tijuanna, Ca — why not deport Andres A. Anduaga back to Tijuanna, Mexico rather than pay $50 K a year to keep him in US prison for 12 years?  That costs American taxpayers another $200,000 just to keep him in prison.
Perhaps he could serve time in Mexico and learn to contribute back to the nation of his birth. What do you think?
Are Salvadorans as American a apple pie? Have they assimilated? Learned English?
What’s the first thing to do when moving to a new country? Learn the language? Yes.  So, how well have Salvadorans done — those who have moved to the U.S. – in terms of learning English?
Somewhat less than half of Salvadorans (42%) have lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years.
Salvadorans are slow to learn English. Two-thirds of Salvadorans living in the U.S. are “Spanish dominant”. About a half are considered ‘proficient’ in English. Only 3% are “English dominant”.
Salvadorans do not self-identify as “American”. Only 12% of Salvadorans living in the U.S. identify as “American”. In comparison, about a quarter of all Hispanics – which includes Salvadorans – (23%) self-identify as “American”.
Salvadorans get jobs at about the same rate as native born Americans. And they marry at about the same rate. They do have more out of wedlock children — 44% of women age 15 to 44 who had a child in the last 12 months was born out of wedlock.
Roughly 60% of immigrants from Central America are in the U.S. illegally and roughly 50% are on some form of welfare.Â
Salvadorans living in the U.S. are considerably less educated. Only 8% of those age 25+ have a college education compared to 30 percent of native born Americans. The ‘good news’ is that Salvadorans born in the U.S. achieve a 22% rate of college education.
