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Adjusting to American schools is challenging for immigrant kids and their parents. They face a language barrier and educational systems that are very different from those in Latin American countries.
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The children of Latino families often learn English more quickly than their parents. They become the family interpreters, making phone calls, translating bills and letters and going with their parents...
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Extended families separated by the realities of immigration yearn for contact. In this chapter a video letter goes to Mexico and Carlos Garrido of the University of Vercruz explains cultural identity...
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Griselda's case goes to court and Carlos Garrido tells us more about the consequences of deportation for Mexicans.
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Dr. Elaine Lacy discusses other problems immigrants face, from getting children into school to medical care, and Maria's mother talks about feelings of isolation. Hispanic Outreach and Padres en...
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Immigrant parents worry that their children will assimilate too quickly and get into trouble. But Maria - like most immigrant kids - works hard to be successful, to prove that her parents' struggles...
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The growing Latino populations is having an impact on the economy. Some say it is positive, others disagree. Whatever we think of immigration, no one can deny that people come here to make a better...
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The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, NC, is one of only two state-owned and -operated zoos in the country. With 1,400 acres, it is also one of the largest in land area. The zoo, with its...
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The research vessel Palmetto is the largest ship operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. It is used to monitor offshore marine fisheries in South Carolina, Georgia, North...
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A marine artificial reef is an added substrate positioned on a flat, featureless, sandy ocean bottom. The reef is totally natural, with the exception of the structure on which it grows. Natural reefs...