Culture
The Immigrant Kids Are Not All Right
A new report by the Migration Policy Center reviews the lasting scars of growing up in an anti-immigrant environment.
All summer, presidential hopefuls have been stepping over each other to say ridiculous, demeaning things about immigrants. As ignorant and inaccurate as their perceptions are, this type of treatment isn’t new. Immigrants encounter offensive judgments probably every day. For their children, navigating this environment of insults, stereotypes, and low expectations can have long-lasting repercussions.
A new report by the Migration Policy Institute explores the psychological, social, and academic scars such ill-treatment leaves on immigrant kids. Here’s how the report summarizes its conclusions: