re: Hispanic Grocery stores randomly popping up every where

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OK. What is the central point in the OP?

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It's not about restaurants and what sort of food they serve. It's about people not assimilating. Not learning the native language? Flying your own nation's flags? Not adopting native customs?

Commonalities amongst the citizenry are essentially the social fabric that holds communities together. You don't need everyone to be exactly alike, but you do need most people to line up on most issues. Language, music, sports, dress, food, there's a whole list of things that Americans do share in common.

Having pockets of non-assimilating immigrants who do not share the majority of those things are just holes in our social fabric. Sure, it can take a few holes here and there, but we're importing, illegally and at our own expense mind you, millions of immigrants into our country each year. If a single family moves into a neighborhood and is surrounded by American culture, they'll assimilate. If hundreds of families move into an area in quick succession there's no longer pressure to adopt American cultural norms because there are plenty of families similar to you nearby. You don't need to learn English, there are already businesses that speak your own language nearby. You don't need to develop a taste for American interests and entertainment, there are lots of people around you that already share your own nation's interests and entertainment.

Too many holes in our social fabric will have negative consequences. Just like you're not going to be close with someone who you have nothing in common with, communities without similarities aren't going to get along as well as communities that share a lot in common.