New study supports more assistance for Hispanic immigrants

“Low-skilled illegal immigrants are slowing the ascension of Hispanics, as a group, into the American middle-class, the nation’s most prestigious research group warned Wednesday.

In an impeccably timed report, the National Research Council pressed for more schooling and better health care to assist the Hispanic immigrants. The future of the fabled melting pot may be at stake.

“The first decade of the 21st century is a defining moment for the Hispanic population and for the nation,” said Marta Tienda, a Princeton University sociologist who chaired the new study. “We are in the midst of a Hispanic moment.”"

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