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• USA Population


  • There are ___m people in the USA
  • People living there trace their ancestry from all over the world
  • A great variety of: ethnic groups, Languages/cultures, religions
  • Many believe in the 'American Dream'
  • You can get rich no matter your background
  • The USA is a land of opportunity
• Largest Ancestries


  • million
• Race / Ethnicity


  • Non-Hispanic White (63.7%)
  • Hispanic or Latino (16.4%)
  • Black or African American (12.2%)
  • Asian (4.7%)
  • American Indian or Alaska Native (0.7%)
  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (0.2%)
  • Other race (0.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.9%)
• Why do Hispanic people live longer?
• Explain the 'Hispanic Paradox'.
• Immigration


  Social, Economic or Political Issue?
• Types of Issues


  • Social (Relating to groups of people - Poverty, crime, health, education, homelessness etc.)
  • Economic (Relating to resource use/share - Jobs, income, trade, business, tax etc.)
  • Political (Relating to power/influence/rights - Elections, protesting, free-speech, campaigns etc. Running a country/state/city etc.)
• The US has never had so many immigrants.
• Trump can claim the credit for reducing illegal immigrants.


  Support/oppose?
• Most immigrants are from Mexico.


  Support/oppose?
• Did Trump tackle the issue of immigration well?

  • + The numbers of apprehensions fell during his presidency
  • - The numbers went back up again as soon as he was out of office
  • - He delayed the issue, rather than solving it
• The total border is 3,145 kilometers (1,954 miles)
• At the point Trump left office:


  Trump's wall was a success.
• Trump ordered that illegal immigrants be detained and prosecuted, then deported
• This led to a large increase in apprehensions
• This required the separation of children (3000 in 2018) from their parents
• Around 30,000 people have been mistakenly deported – they had the right to stay in the US
• The US government Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) costs $7.6bn a year
• Following an election promise in 2016, Trump has built portions of wall at the border
• There is much less wall than he promised
• The wall is not proving to be effective
• Portions have blown down
• People sawed through it
• It is not difficult to climb
• Guatemala and Honduras deployed troops in response to a large caravan of migrants
• The Mexican government announced an increase in security
• Trump had threatened tariffs on Mexican goods to create political pressure (financial punishment)
• Biden has promised Covid vaccines in exchange for political cooperation – this worked
• Black Americans - 50 million
• Non-Hispanic Whites - 240 million
• Mexican-Americans - 37 million
• Asian Americans - 23 million
• Asian-Americans - 23 million
• Native Americans - 6 million
• Puerto Ricans - 5 million
• African American population is growing at the slowest rate since the Great Migration, which was from 1916 to 1970.
• Native American Indians - 6 million
• Cuban Americans - 1.8 million
• Black Americans - 48 million
• Native American Indians - 6 million