The high school dropout rate is notoriously high in the U.S. to begin with, but particularly so among migrant children from Mexico. Children of Hispanic origin face all sorts of challenges in successfully completing high school, some of which have to do with the way they are treated by U.S. society, job markets and the school system. This is clear from the experience of Puerto Ricans, who are not strictly speaking immigrants at all, and are likely to have some exposure to English before coming to the mainland.
Leeds and Grenville
