โWhen you have that kind of hate speech, because thatโs really what it is, there are people who will be impacted by that,โ Patricia Washington said.
Saint Louis University demographer and sociology professor Ness Sandoval called it "historic," calling it the largest Hispanic population increase in the region.
While the St. Louis area had the highest percentage growth of foreign-born population, it has the second-lowest total foreign born population among the big cities.