European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 25, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 immigration May the face of America in 2050 if current trend continue. 4%other 10%asians 14%Blacks 20%hispanlcs source Independent population Bureau Washington a the face of America in the year 2050 will be far Dif Ferent from today s look if the current flood of immigration is allowed to continue according to a population study. Non hispanic Whites could decline to just 52 percent of the population by that year. Hispanics would make up 20 per cent of the nation Blacks 14 percent and asians.10 percent said a report from the Independent population Bureau according to . Census figures non hispanic Whites make up about 71 percent of the population hispanics 9 percent Blacks 12 percent and asians 2.9 percent. But Philip Martin of the University of California Davis said Friday that when immigration has risen to High Levels in the past the government has acted to Stem the nge . Tide and it seems Likely again. History is repeating itself in the United ," with the massive flow of new arrivals becoming a political Issue particularly in heavily affected states such a California said Martin. Although the report looked at the flow of immigrants it did not address policy issues or make recommendations. According to the report immigrants Are concentrated in cer Tain areas with three fourths of the nation s foreign born population living in California new York Florida Texas new Jersey and Illinois. Mexico is the largest single source of immigrants and 85 percent of emigres come from latin America and Asia. As recently As 1950, Germany was the larg nicely est source of new arrivals. It s hard to determine the costs of immigrants but it is Clear that while the bulk of the taxes they pay goes to the fed eral government the Cost of social serv ices Tor them tends to be borne at the state and local Levels. There is no consensus on the Impact of immigrants in the . Labor Market. About 880,000 Legal immigrants calme to the United states last year and As Many As 2.5 million entered the coun try illegally most of these unauthorized aliens leave again but an estimated 300,000 remain As permanent settlers the report said. Immigrants Are less Likely to be High school graduates than americans in Gen eral. Hard hit Homestead reborn for Haiti Effort Homestead air Reserve base Fla. A this must be a charmed spot the base flattened by Hurricane Andrew and once targeted for extinction has Bec Brne a key jumping offprint for . Operations in Haiti. The renewed Bustle has encouraged the surrounding Community which still has t recovered from the Hurricane that hit two years ago. Military planes Thunder along the run Way As helicopters Clatter overhead ferrying troops and supplies to the Caribbean nation. With their limited Range the helicopters in use in Haiti could t have left from anywhere else on the . Mainland they had to go from Homestead or travel by boat said a spokesman maj. Bobby d  Are very convenient he said. Well probably see More regular Busi Ness than we be been seeing that s Good news for the a neighbor Hood. ,.--. ". "-.-. We know there is activity said John Yonko who opened up a pub near the base less than two weeks ago. So we know we re Oil the first step of a ladder and we know that next year Well be on the second step of that  before Andrew ripped through Home Stead fab was Home to Active duty and Reserve units As Well As about 7,800 civil ians pumping about $450 million into the local Economy. Since its conversion to a Reserve base earlier this year after residents fought to prevent its closing Homestead has meant jobs for about 800 people. The base is expected to inject $190 million into the Community when it is completely restored. They wanted to close the base Down totally and it s showing that it s still a viable location and need for the country said Kim spy a president and chief executive of the Homestead Florida City chamber of Commerce. Days before . Forces moved into Haiti last week convoys of Tan vehicles rumbled in signalling Homestead s return to military significance. The convoys brought loads of soldiers from fort Stewart and Hunter army air Field both near Savannah ga., onto the base where signs of Andrew s fury re main evident in the crumpled housing that still awaits  some of those soldiers it s a return visit. ". ". Sgt. 1st class Annie Wheeler came to help out after the Hurricane and she was surprised to see How Little has changed you would think it would have Hap Cut Howard Bastin left and staff sgt. Nathan Moore i  free time at Homestead opened last week she said. Air Reserve base Fla., where they Are temporarily stationed to support Haiti operations. Woman charged after Airport officials find dead baby new York a when an English woman heading Home refused to pass through a Metal Detector before boarding her plane at Kennedy Airport a police officer got  when he ordered the slender 30-year-old woman searched she confessed under her coat was her dead daughter born just hours before. The medical examiner determined Friday that the baby s death was a homicide caused by suffocation. Carolyn Beale was charged with second degree Mur Der and tampering with physical evidence. She was admitted to Queens Hospital Center where she was under psychiatric observation. Beale will face an arraignment this weekend. Beale told investigators that she gave birth at full term in a Manhattan hotel around 1 . Thursday then placed the infant in several plastic bags. At 7 25 . Thursday Beale told a Security guard at the air India terminal that she did not want to pass through the Metal Detector because she was pregnant. A Metal Detector is magnetic based and emits no radiation that could harm a fetus or human according to the Federal aviation administration. Port authority police officer Alex Velez a five year Veteran became suspicious and thought something was under her coat said Deputy inspector William Cafaro the commanding officer at John f. Kennedy International Airport. At that Point the woman told the officers the dead baby was in the bag under her coat. Jet lands after engine fails Tallahassee Fla. A a us air Jet with 94 people aboard lost Power in one of its two engines min utes before Landing in Tallahassee but set Down smoothly. None of the 89 passengers or five Crew members was Hurt when flight 1141 from Charlotte n.c., landed Fri Day spokesman Bryan Enarson said from us air s Washington d.c., of fice. The plane has two engines. It can Fly Fine on one Enarson said of the Fokker 100. The plane landed nor Mally. There were no incidents. No body was Hurt and everyone was  the cause of the engine failure was under investigation. Us air has had five fatal crashes in the last five years. The latest was sept. 8 when a Boeing 737 crashed near Pittsburgh killing All 132 people aboard. Cuba operation ends in name Only key West Fla a the opera Tion that rescued More than 30,000 cuban refugees from the Straits of Flor Ida in less than two months has formally ended but the coast guard said sat urday that it will maintain a Strong pres ence there. The coast guard ended operation Able Vigil on thursday two weeks after the sept. 9 agreement Between the United states and Cuba to expand Legal Immi Gration in Exchange for a cuban govern ment Effort to Stop rafters from leaving. The Only thing that s ended is the name said a Petty officer Luis Diaz. We Are still continuing to patrol the Straits of Florida. We do have aircraft and we do have patrol boats. There is still a Large  the ending of the operation allows the coast guard to spread resources More evenly among its other duties such As catching drug smugglers and environmental Protection Diaz said. More than 20,300 cuban refugees most making the 90-mile crossing be tween Havana and key West on Home made rafts were rescued in August and 11,061 have been plucked from the Strait this month. ,