Mexicans make up 60% of the nation's more than 50 million
Hispanics, a new report finds. / Eric Gay, AP New research shows
that the segregation of Hispanics from whites in communities
across the USA has declined significantly for every Hispanic
group except the largest: Mexicans. Mexicans make up 60% of the
nation's more than 50 million Hispanics and are so dominant they
drown out distinct characteristics of non-Mexicans, according to
a report out Wednesday from the US2010 project, which researches
changes in American society. Segregation is one measure of how
well immigrants are assimilating into U.S. society and is part
of the conversation in the debate over immigration. For decades,
Hispanic segregation was not declining. "We thought Hispanic
segregation stayed the same because we couldn't see the rest of
the picture," says Brown University sociologist John Logan,
director of US2010 and co-author of the report. "This seeming
stability masks important differences, because every group
except Mexicans has bec