Study finds 8.4 percent unemployment for Mexican immigrants

Nicole Gaouette | Los Angeles Times

6/4/2008 -
WASHINGTON — Unemployment among Hispanics, and particularly Hispanic immigrants, jumped in the past year, wiping out many of their economic gains, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center.

Amid an extended housing and construction slump that has claimed hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Pew findings alarmed Hispanic leaders. They also indicated aggressive new enforcement raids by immigration officials might be having an effect.
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ATLANTA — Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a disturbing trend.

The study is the latest in a series of surveys of U.S. high school students every two years. The new report noted that black and white students are reporting less sexual activity than in years past, but there was no decline among Hispanics.

In addition, Hispanic students were more likely than either blacks or whites to attempt suicide, ride with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, or use cocaine, heroin or ecstasy.

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