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Most young Latinos U.S.-born, feel labeled as immigrants, study finds

author Published by Chris Chmielenski

Roy Beck, executive director of Virginia-based NumbersUSA, which supports greater limits on immigration, said young Latinos’ tendency to not identify first as Americans is “troubling.”

He said the constant waves of immigration into many of the neighborhoods where young Latinos live is continually exposing young Latinos to the language and culture of their ancestors’ homelands, making it more difficult for them to see themselves as American. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_LN_20091211_latinoyouth.351935672.htmlBy DAVID OLSON The Press-Enterprise (Southern California)

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