u/surferdude213

In the past few decades, America has received tens of millions of immigrants from soccer-loving countries, especially Mexico, in addition to Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and east Asia. This has marginally increased soccer's popularity in the U.S., particularly of the Mexican national team and clubs. Nevertheless, professional soccer remains a niche sport in the U.S., and its fanbase and viewership is a drop in the ocean compared to the big 4 sports of American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey.

There is the classic 3-generation assimilation pattern where among descendants of immigrants, many cultural traits of the old country fade away within 3 generations. For example, most 3rd-generation Mexican-Americans speak little to no Spanish. The northeast has a large Italian-American community, but most of their ancestors immigrated over a century ago and few of them speak Italian today.

Do you see soccer's popularity in the U.S. increasing or decreasing in the coming decades as the descendants of immigrants assimilate to American culture and our 4 major sports?

As someone living in Southern California, I've seen the effects of illegal immigration in my area. Cost of living is extreme (rent and house prices, gas, groceries, taxes) while the job market is trash because all jobs have been outsourced or given to illegal aliens and H-1Bs. American citizens in CA struggle to afford basic life and can't pay for healthcare while illegals receive free taxpayer-funded healthcare. Go to Costco or Walmart and you barely hear English anymore, mostly Spanish and in some areas Asian languages. Illegal aliens don't assimilate and instead demand Americans learn Spanish for them.

Crime has surged here - stores lock ALL their products and violent "street takeovers" are an everyday occurrence. The homeless crisis has reached extreme levels, where much of Los Angeles is literally an open-air insane asylum, open defecation is rampant, even coffee shops aren't safe anymore. Basically you can't go out during the day anymore. The official crime statistics don't reflect the surge because city govt and cops gave up. 911 doesn't even work in LA anymore. Countless Americans have died due to the drugs trafficked by illegals. LA is also filthy even in the "nice" areas.

Public schools are atrocious, having been affected by mass migration. 44% of LA public school students are "English language learners". NAEP test scores in CA are lower than Mississippi, the poorest state. Violence is rampant. In February, violent LA high schoolers threw rocks at federal agents including ICE, severely injuring a 40-year-old agent. The far-left insanity has reached high schools even in "conservative" suburbs like Orange County, Santa Clarita, and Redlands. Students walking out of class to protest while waving Mexican flags. (And this is happening even in red states like TX, IN, UT, etc.)

Sometimes ICE is criticized for their tactics but keep in mind their job - they have to deport at least 50 million illegal aliens, while being harassed and assaulted by violent leftists, due to leftist media misinformation inciting violence against them. When you realize that you see why ICE resorts to these tactics.

ICE is simply deporting illegal immigrants, something every country in the world does but only America is shamed for it. This happened under Obama too yet liberals didn't give a damn, there's only outrage now that Bad Orange Man is doing it. Sites like Illegal Alien Crimes and DHS's Worst of the Worst list showcase the countless crimes committed by illegal aliens. To be against ICE is to be for rapists, murderers, and drug cartels. ICE is only doing a vital service to the country, protecting American citizens every day, and I hope ICE presence is ramped nationwide including the LA and San Diego metro areas. ICE needs to be at grocery stores, restaurants, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, Home Depot/Lowe's, concerts, sporting events, hospitals, and the DMV.