Shikha Dalmia on the Latest Restrictionist Myth About Latino Losers

Every time immigration reform gathers steam,
writes Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia,
restrictionists come up with new reasons as to why a more open
southern border would be injurious to the health of the United
States. In the past, they’ve accused Latinos of being crime-prone
welfare queens with high illegitimacy rates. This time they are
arguing that the great grand children of Latinos are ambitionless
economic losers because they shun college.

But such arguments tell us more about conventional elitist
notions of success than the actual success of Latinos. A recent
study by scholars at the University of California, Irvine, found
that Latinos are doing quite well in achieving the American dream
without obtaining fancy degrees.

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