read more at http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/379895.html The debate over immigration often dwells on keeping illegal immigrants from slipping into the country. But when it comes to Hispanic youths who are already here, an opposite concern arises -- too many are slipping away. Hispanic youths -- some born here, some who entered the country illegally but are growing up here -- are at increasing risk of drifting into self-destructive and criminal behavior as they try to find their place in U.S. culture, according to those who have studied trends among Hispanic immigrants. In North Carolina, a host of indicators show that many immigrant teens are not succeeding: • Dropout rates for Hispanic students are higher than for any other group in the state. In the 2005-06 school year, nearly 9 percent of Hispanic high school students dropped out, compared with less than 4.5 percent of white students. • More than half of North Carolina's Hispanic girls are expected to be pregnant before their 20th birthdays. • A recent study of nearly 300 Hispanic immigrant teens in North Carolina, done by the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work, sketched a picture of a population with emotional scars, uneducated parents and the pervasive feeling that they are not accepted by Americans. More than 40 percent said they had faced ethnic discrimination, most frequently by their classmates. Sixty-five percent of the teens agreed that "Americans generally feel superior to foreigners." Only 5 percent said they received any counseling. A national survey by New York University professor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, tracked immigrant teens for five years. At the end, half were doing worse in school than when the study began.
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I think the greatest travesty in all of this illegal immigration issue is the fact that the president, certain members of Congress, judges, certain governors, and most CEOs have NO regard for the US immigration laws. The single most individual who bares most of the responsibility is the current person occupying the White House. He alone has done more to prevent enforcement of the immigration laws than anyone in US history. It was he who called the Minutemen 'vigilantes'. I feel betrayed when someone calls a patriotic group such a cheap word. The Minutemen volunteered to do the job that you ,Mr. President, prohibited the Border Patrol in doing their job. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME. I think history will record your terms as the worst in US history. I know I already have. Personally I would not have a problem if Congress did the right thing and impeached Mr. Bush for dereliction of duties on not protecting the borders and a TOTAL failure on enforcing the immigration laws. Furthermore, I would not have a problem if HE was deported after impeachment. Mr. President, it sure would have been nice if you had made your goals public before you became president instead of having them kept secret and then trying to shove them down our legal throats after the fact.
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Gee, I'm shocked!
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