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NPR Story
3:00 am
Wed October 12, 2011
Economic Progress Lags For U.S. Born Children Of Mexican Immigrants
By editor
Since the last decade, there are now more Hispanic children of immigrants in the United States than actual immigrants. That should translate into more progress — educationally and economically. But Steve Trejo, an economist at the University of Texas at Austin, tells Renee Montagne that while the second generation does better than the first, the third generation doesn't fare as well.