Mexican American mobility (Op-ed)

Mexican American mobility (Op-ed)
- July 2, 2013
- Research by Frank Bean and Susan Brown, sociology professors, is featured in the Los Angeles Times July 2, 2013
From the LA Times:
Now that the Senate has passed its immigration bill, the future of reform lies in
the hands of the GOP-led House, where the debate will center on allowing a path to
citizenship for 11 million immigrants living in this country without legal status.
Opponents of this path often claim that low-skilled Mexicans, who make up the largest
subgroup, are not fitting into U.S. society — that they don't want to assimilate and
are fated to remain a permanent underclass. Solid evidence suggests these claims are
untrue. Many Mexican immigrants and their children have traveled paths to becoming
full Americans that, even if slower, are not unlike the paths followed previously
by European immigrants. And when parents have legal status, their children do better
in school and become fully productive members of American society more quickly…Recent
research by sociologist Frank Bean and colleagues at UC Irvine shows that legalizing
the status of Mexican newcomers — a central tenet of the Senate bill — is one of the
best ways to encourage and accelerate their progress.
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-marrow-mexican-immi....
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