Tag: Immigrants: Page 37

Research Roundup: Racially Mixed Juries; Affirmative Action and Black Enrollment; Immigrant Children’s School Performance

Racially mixed juries deliberate more thoroughly than all-White juries; Black enrollment would decline if affirmative action measures were dropped; immigrant children perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts in school.

October 7, 2006

Jump Starting Latino Achievement

Lorretta Chavez knows that for poor Mexican American children in Colorado…

September 27, 2006

Children of Immigrants More Likely To Study Math, Science Than U.S.-born

The children of immigrant parents are more likely to study science and math in college than are students whose families are multi-generation Americans, according to a study by Dr. Vivian Tseng, a research psychologist and a program officer at the William T. Grant Foundation in New York City.

September 21, 2006

Researching Latinas In Crisis

When Dr. Luis H. Zayas was a clinician at a New York City hospital during the 1980s…

September 20, 2006

DREAM Act Becoming Major Mid-Term Battleground

A U.S. congressional hearing focusing on a controversial illegal immigrant education law drew…

September 20, 2006

Jump Starting Latino Achievement

Lorretta Chavez knows that for poor Mexican American children in Colorado…

September 20, 2006

Minority Groups Protest ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day’ on Michigan Campus

Minority groups are up in arms over a College Republican intern’s plan to organize “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day” on the University of Michigan’s campus.

September 15, 2006

DREAM Act Becoming Major Mid-Term Battleground

GREELEY, Colo. A U.S. congressional hearing focusing on a controversial illegal immigrant education law drew criticism from Republican lawmakers, signaling their intent to make the law a partisan election issue in November.

September 4, 2006

Businesses File Lawsuits Against Competitors Who Hire Illegal Immigrants

LOS ANGELES Frustrated by lax enforcement of immigration laws, businesses are taking their fight against illegal immigration to court, accusing competitors of achieving an unfair advantage by hiring illegal workers.

August 21, 2006

Divesity Growing in Nearly Every State

WASHINGTON America’s growing diversity has reached nearly every state. From South Carolina’s budding immigrant population to the fast-rising number of Hispanics in Arkansas, minority groups make up an increasing share of the population in every state but one, according figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

August 15, 2006

Study: Immigrants Don’t Take Jobs from Americans

Rapid increases in immigration since 1990 have not generally hurt employment of American workers, according to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center on Thursday.

August 9, 2006

Homespun to Hard-news

During his career as the publisher of a Vietnamese newspaper, Yen Do would frequently buy articles from writers…

August 9, 2006

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