The Rust Belt isn’t just white and conservative. It has rich black and indigenous histories and fast-growing Latino, Arab, and Asian communities.
Asian Americans
Chinese migrant inflows at the Southern Border surged 10-fold in 2023 due to a slowing economy, growing political repression, and ease of entry.
During his visit to India, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was conspicuously silent on the surge in Indians illegally entering the U.S. through the southern border.
Ethnoburbs like Arcadia, California have supplanted Chinatowns as the commercial and cultural centers of contemporary Chinese Americans.