After spending a day thinking of how DREAMers could be thankful (since it was Thanksgiving) and having trouble figuring out how a DREAMer could be thankful since the DREAM Act is yet to be passed - I find this article on the front page of the New York Times about how 41% of Mexicans (does that mean immigrants, American born Mexicans or who?) drop out of school.
The author proudly mentions that in New York the "Mexicans" who are undocumented are allowed to attend college and even have in-state tuition.
"Many young illegal immigrants in New York City say there is no point in
staying in school because their lack of legal status limits their access
to college scholarships and employment opportunities. Some drop out
under the erroneous belief that they are not eligible to attend college.
(Illegal immigrants who graduate from a high school in New York State
or earn a G.E.D. are not only allowed to attend the state’s public university system, but are also eligible for in-state tuition.)"
What Mr. Semple avoids mentioning in this paragraph is what the DREAMers can do after graduation from college. All they can do is wash dishes, mow lawns or clean houses because in the U.S., completing a college degree does not automatically grant the graduate a work permit.
In his next paragraph he says "they give up" - but again doesn't say why.
One big question that comes up in frequent DREAMer conversations is what happens to those kids who don't make it to college? There are hundreds of thousands of them (at least, maybe more). They become the 41% Semple is talking about.
Instead his headline should have said "Why start a race that won't allow you to finish?"
MTH
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Now Arriving
In New York, Mexicans Lag in Education
By KIRK SEMPLE - New York Times
After spending a day thinking of how DREAMers could be thankful (since it was Thanksgiving) and having trouble figuring out how a DREAMer could be thankful since the DREAM Act is yet to be passed - I find this article on the front page of the New York Times about how 41% of Mexicans (does that mean immigrants, American born Mexicans or who?) drop out of school.
The author proudly mentions that in New York the "Mexicans" who are undocumented are allowed to attend college and even have in-state tuition.
"Many young illegal immigrants in New York City say there is no point in staying in school because their lack of legal status limits their access to college scholarships and employment opportunities. Some drop out under the erroneous belief that they are not eligible to attend college. (Illegal immigrants who graduate from a high school in New York State or earn a G.E.D. are not only allowed to attend the state’s public university system, but are also eligible for in-state tuition.)"
What Mr. Semple avoids mentioning in this paragraph is what the DREAMers can do after graduation from college. All they can do is wash dishes, mow lawns or clean houses because in the U.S., completing a college degree does not automatically grant the graduate a work permit.
In his next paragraph he says "they give up" - but again doesn't say why.
One big question that comes up in frequent DREAMer conversations is what happens to those kids who don't make it to college? There are hundreds of thousands of them (at least, maybe more). They become the 41% Semple is talking about.
Instead his headline should have said "Why start a race that won't allow you to finish?"
MTH
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Now Arriving
In New York, Mexicans Lag in Education
Published: November 24, 2011
But their children, in one crucial respect, have fared far differently. About 41 percent of all Mexicans between ages 16 and 19 in the city have dropped out of school, according to census data.
No other major immigrant group has a dropout rate higher than 20 percent, and the overall rate for the city is less than 9 percent, the statistics show... MORE
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