CENSUS/FLORIDA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the heart of this South Florida city, you can choose between a Cuban restaurant, a Mexican coffee shop and a Peruvian gastrobar. But the driving force behind this ever-expanding suburb crammed between Miami International Airport and the Everglades is the flood of Venezuelans who are buying and building up seemingly every square inch of it. Just about anybody you meet in the area has moved from the embattled South American country or is visiting from there…Reflecting its international charm, Doral is a national standout for another reason: Noncitizens make up a relatively huge part of its population. About 38% of Doral’s residents are noncitizens – more than five times the national average of 7%, according to the 2013-2017 American Community Survey, which is conducted by the Census Bureau. More than 22 million noncitizens live in the USA, the survey found. Other communities where at least one-quarter of the population are noncitizens include Union City, West New York, Plainfield and Elizabeth, New Jersey; Huntington Park, Bell Gardens, Santa Ana and Salinas, California; and Miami and Hialeah, Florida. Noncitizens – and finding where they live – have been very much on the mind of the Trump administration.”
–Alan Gomez, “Where are the noncitizens? Trump administration wants to know down to the block level,” USA Today, April 21, 2019 4:12 pm