The desire to migrate is not a phenomenon of the poor and poorly educated, ... The inclination to migrate is powerful in the middle class in Mexico, even those with college educations say they would go to the United States if they could.

You've got a very large share of the population living not in stereotypical neighborhoods where all the signs are in Spanish. There are still a lot living in densely Hispanic neighborhoods, but there are more who are scattered all over the landscape.

The flow of migration is not this inexorable, constant increase.

I'm afraid I have no way of knowing. I'm not sure what the answer would be.

The U.S. economy was obviously a very important factor in these flows.

It's by far the biggest public statement on immigration policy on one side or the other that we've ever seen.

This is the most comprehensive public opinion poll ever done. There is not a consensus nationwide about immigration or a consensus about what to do about it.

There's a Hispanic middle class, no doubt, but it just doesn't spend as much as other groups. And Oscar De La Hoya is by no means alone, or even early.

A lot of that is based on the perception of the future potential versus their strength now.

The unknown here is the extent to which someone retains an ethnic identity that influences their choices of entertainment. It's a large enough population that marketers are spreading their bets.