Mexican AmericansBarriersImmigrationClassificationAccountabilityEnglish (Second Language)Second Language LearningEducational OpportunitiesMinority GroupsThis article maintains that in spite of their seeming progress, Mexican-origin students in the US continue to face barriers that are typical of the complex ...
The United States is a country that was built on immigration. The first settlers, Native Americans, represent less than 2% of the total population; the remaining 98% of the population are immigrants or decedents of immigrants. Today, the US still has the highest immigration rate in the world...
Focusing on Mexican immigrant male workers2, the largest less-skilled immigrant group in the United States, I argue that less-skilled immigrants today are likely to obtain less work time than their native-born counterpart because of the changing work time structure of the US economy, where high...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Mexican American (redirected fromMexican Americans) Wikipedia n. A US citizen or resident of Mexican ancestry. Mex′i·can-A·mer′i·canadj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition...
It is my history and not yours I propose to tell.Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo, on Recuerdos histricos y personales (1875)\nMy History, Not Yours is a landmark study of the autobiographical writings of Mexican Americans in the century following the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848. Some 75,000 ...
In the past year, there is over 11.7 millions Mexican immigrants living in the US illegally in 2013, and it will be rising continuously. Not many Americans are in favour in this phenomenon because they have damaged the internal system of the US such as medical, welfare, and economic. As ...
Mexican Americans (MAs) comprised 65% of the Latino population in the US, and they suffer a higher burden of cardiovascular risk factors that can influence the prevalence of WMHs. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a WMHs rating scale and cognitive functioning in...
Depending on the socioeconomic indicator, the study finds that the problems are often compounded for foreign- born youth; but the unfavorable status of Mexican Americans is not exclusive to the foreign-born. Indeed, one-fifth of the US-born youth fail to complete high school, one-fourth were...
Mexican Americans have a unique relationship with the United States. Because of the proximity of the neighboring countries, the old traditions of Mexico remain ever close to their hearts even as they embrace a new life in America. As a matter of fact, the first Mexican Americans did not leave...
we think it is important from a policy and public health perspective to consider the impact migration has had and will continue to have on issues of overweight and obesity for Mexican-Americans in the United States. Research on Mexican-Americans in the United States finds that low socioeconomic...