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Citizen Children,Undocumented Immigrants,Educational Disadvantages - Hispanically Speaking News

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U.S. Citizen Children of Undocumented Immigrants Face Educational Disadvantages








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A professor at the University of California at Irvine has documented the persistent educational disadvantages of U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants from Mexico currently in the Los Angeles area of Southland, noting that they are less likely to graduate high school than peers with parents legally in the U.S., and on average, attend two years less of study.

Professor Frank Bean along with other researchers found that of all children born to immigrant parents who faced educational disadvantages, 80 percent of the children were born in the U.S.

The study found that citizen children of undocumented immigrants attend an average of just 11 years of school, compared to

The group’s report suggested that for the benefit of these students, additional measures should