Hispanic Immigrants Are Assimilating Just As Quickly As Earlier Groups

Latinos Are Assimilating Just As Quickly As Earlier Groups
Fans of the late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera walk in line with their tickets to attend the memorial service at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City on December 19, 2012 in California. The service, billed by the Rivera family as a 'Celestial Graduation,'' was broadcast live and watched by her many fans off a big screen at a Universal CityWalk plaza. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Fans of the late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera walk in line with their tickets to attend the memorial service at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City on December 19, 2012 in California. The service, billed by the Rivera family as a 'Celestial Graduation,'' was broadcast live and watched by her many fans off a big screen at a Universal CityWalk plaza. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Proponents of immigration reform tend to spend a lot of time emphasizing the need for immigrants to assimilate into American culture.

One of the provisions in the Senate’s bipartisan plan on immigration reform tasks immigrants with “learning English and the basics about America’s history” before attaining permanent residency, as Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) emphasized Monday afternoon when the senators unveiled their blueprint. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) noted that this was a first in American history.

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