February 5, 1999

Scholars of Immigration Focus on the Children

By D.W. MILLER

By studying the second generation, researchers hope to answer questions about America's culture and economy

Americans' ambivalence about the unending flow of immigrants to the United States is clear from the conflicting stereotypes they hold about immigrants' offspring. People think of Chicano cholos in baggy pants and gang bandannas cruising around in low riders, or of

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