Queens, NYC Latino Bebe named 300,000,000th U.S. Resident

Wed18Oct2006

Queens, NYC Latino Bebe named 300,000,000th U.S. Resident

12:30 H | Topics: Events - Immigration - New York City

Born of Mexican immigrant parents at 7:46 yesterday morning in Elmhurst, Queens, NYC, Emanuel Plata was declared by El Diario/La Prensa as the 300,000,000th U.S. resident.

“Me siento muy orgulloso”, dijo el padre Armando Jiménez, de 25 años, originario de Puebla. “Para nosotros los inmigrantes es muy importante que un niño latino sea el número 300 millones, por el debate de inmigración en que estamos”.

Emanuel, que pesó 3 kilos y 140 gramos, midió 47 centímetros y nació por cesárea, es el tercer hijo de la pareja formada por Armando y Gricelda Plata, de 22 años de edad y también originaria de Puebla.

Little Emanuel bwas born at the time resident number three hundred million would be born according to the the U.S. Census Bureau.

Via / El Diario/La Prensa

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1. legallatina ~ Wednesday, Oct 18 2006 | 14:18H:

Notice the NY Times used the euphemism "Mexican immigrant" to describe the parents of the 300th million U.S. citizen born in the U.S. What they meant to say, is here's the anchor baby born to two illegal aliens from Mexico. Cause to celebrate? I think not.

2. monica ~ Wednesday, Oct 18 2006 | 16:31H:

funny...being that latinos are the largest minority in the US i felt it appropriate that the 300,000,000th person was a latino. i didn't read anything into the parents being called "mexican immigrants"...then again, the daughter of a former illegal immigrant (now US citizen) would have focused on their joy instead of discriminating them.

3. Maegan la Mala ~ Wednesday, Oct 18 2006 | 20:30H:

Gee and I always thought that aliens came from outer space, not Mexico.

They are immigrants, regardless of their status. That is not a euphemism and just FYI because obviously someone didn't read the entire original article, this is not their first child. So they didn't need an "anchor baby", which is a horribly offensive term.

4. dc ~ Thursday, Apr 17 2008 | 14:23H:

How appropriate that the 300,000,000 resident is the daughter of two criminal immigrants.

Its not the child fault, but its a sad commentary on America.

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