Sentences with phrase «second generation immigrants»

I myself am a bi-lingual (Spanish and English speaking) Hispanic woman of second generation immigrants from Mexico.

Dave Mann shows prints that reflect on his grandfathers who were first and second generation immigrants from Sweden and Germany and the hard work involved in setting up lives as Americans.

The spine of each book is emblazoned with names of first and second generation immigrants who have impacted British culture — Christian Bale, Tom Stoppard, Sir Ben Kingsley, Henry James, Yoko Ono, Anish Kapoor, John Galliano and even, rumored «Becky with the good hair» herself, Rita Ora.

This poignant book resonated with me and my students, many of whom were students of color and / or first and second generation immigrants.

ARISE is comprised of over 90 % Latinx students, most of whom are first or second generation immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

We find evidence suggesting that early - arriving first generation immigrants perform better than do second generation immigrants, and second generation immigrants perform better than third generation immigrants.

The absolute reliability in terms of family, such men are the dream guys for Russian women; more so for those Russian women who are already living in the US either as second generation immigrants or as working professionals.

The 2010 census indicated that the country was comprised of over 50 ethnic groups, with 30 per cent being first or second generation immigrants.

Video number 4 from the Jet Set Vision Trip in Taiwan all goes down during a cab ride through Taipei as Ray Chang and I talk about how second generation immigrant churches in America can be involved in God's global mission.

She was a second generation immigrant with grandparents from Romaina, Russia and the Ukraine.

Not exact matches

Over two - thirds of the millennial population in Toronto and Vancouver are first or second - generation immigrants, and 39 % are Asian.

Study: Nearly Half the Founders of America's Biggest Companies Are First - or Second - Generation Immigrants

On an anecdotal level, a disproportionate number of the people on our BNN TV show The Disruptors are immigrants or second - generation immigrants who exemplify a culture of entrepreneurship and are hungry to get ahead.

The second - generation Chinese and immigrants who have recently established themselves in Canada form the main group that is feeding this... Continuar a Ler >

My parents and in - laws are children of the second - generation; born in America and raised in the last years of the depression, they inherited the immigrant's unconditional passion for the new country, and happily melted into the pot» Americanizing their own names and Christening their children John instead of Gianni; Mary instead of Maria.

I grew up in a Lutheran church, and much of who I am can be traced back to those second - and third - generation Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German immigrants who left...

So she conducted her research at two sites, one of them a more or less typical second - generation congregation (which she calls «Grace») that meets in the same building as its parent Korean immigrant congregation, and the other («Manna») a predominantly Asian American but remarkably multiethnic congregation that meets in a building owned by an African - American congregation.

They were typical second - generation immigrants, freely mixing the heritage of their parents with the culture of their birth.

The principal window on our myths is supposed to be the stories of successful first - and second - generation immigrants drawn from 200 lengthy interviews.

«We've been setting our sights on how to get to the second generation buyer, children of immigrants who over the past couple of years have been going to retailers such as Safeway, Kroger's and Whole Foods.

As second - generation immigrants grow up in the United States and attend American schools, they turn to American brands to serve their grocery and other retail needs.

To date, it remains unclear whether the expectations of female clients are better met in birth centers than in hospital or home births and if the offered birth care connects to the needs of different social groups, such as non-Dutch women, including first, second and third generation immigrants [6, 8, 17].

Furthermore, even prior to the onset of the current refugee crisis, the tendency to view or label immigrants in ethnic or religious terms has led to a «culturalizing» of social problems, not to mention the fact that a sense of discrimination and alienation can push refugees and second and third - generation European Muslims down the very path of radicalisation that Western societies are attempting to combat.

Lets be honest you can be a second or third generation Asian in the UK and still be seen as an Immigrant, when I was in the Labour party and we spoke about immigration you would always hear the same crap about ah yes they may be born here but they all support the Pakistan cricket team.

So, in countries including Japan and Germany, one can be a second or third generation immigrant and still be denied citizenship.

And he will be meeting with other first - and second - generation elected officials from Arizona and California tonight and tomorrow in Washington, D.C. to talk about the bill and other issues pertaining to the immigrant experience.

Second - generation immigrants show increased risk relative to their parents, and rates are highest among those of African heritage.

In this sample, 92 were first - generation immigrants; the rest were second - generation American - born, with the majority (105 participants) identifying Pakistan as their heritage country.

The second and third generations of immigrant workers experienced new and serious health problems as result.

Many ethnic minorities are coming to Canada, and most of the population is second and third generation immigrants.

Of those Latino students, more than half will be second - generation Americans, born in the United States to at least one parent who is an immigrant.

She recently completed a study of 68 second - generation Chinese Americans in the New York City area, looking at their various paths to college and the role their immigrant parents played in their development.

A few are first - or second - generation immigrants.

While first - and second - generation immigrant children are the fastest - growing segment of the U.S. population under the age of 15, their needs are often lost in the debate over services for immigrants, concludes a report from a National Academy of Sciences panel.

«It's an attractive idea in a lot of ways,» says Harvard Graduate School of Education Assistant Professor Vivian Louie, whose research looks at the role of the immigrant family in the educational experiences of second - generation Chinese Americans who are consistently presented as high academic achievers.

Despite Huntington's thorough presentation of the evidence, I am not convinced that the research shows that the process of assimilation - in particular, the acquisition of language and improvements in student achievement - is proceeding any slower among second - and third - generation Mexican - Americans than it did among other immigrants from peasant and village and small - town backgrounds.

Both first - and second - generation immigrants in British Columbia and Ontario outperformed their non-immigrant counterparts in science literacy, in the 2015 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment.

: Examining Language Growth Trajectories among First, Second, and Third Generation Latino Immigrants.

Ferede, a former fourth - grade teacher for first and second - generation immigrant and refugee children in a high - needs area in Toronto often saw a disparity between her students» community and the education system.

These Long - Term ELs are second - or third - generation immigrants.

Some European countries with large immigrant populations — such as Switzerland and Lichtenstein — are more successful than the United States in educating immigrant students, particularly in the second generation.

The achievement gap that exists between pupils from immigrant backgrounds and native - born immigrants «all but vanishes» once the second generation is born.

In addition, immigrant families who speak languages other than English often struggle to transmit their home language to their children with many second - generation and most third - generation children having a strong or exclusive preference for English.

This report examines the educational experiences and outcomes of first and second - generation immigrant youth ages 16 to 26 across California's educational institutions, encompassing secondary schools, adult education, and postsecondary education.

Specifically, we investigate whether first, second, and third generation Asian and Hispanic immigrants in Florida perform differently on reading and mathematics tests, and whether they are differentially likely to get into serious trouble in school, to be truant from school, to graduate from high school, or to be ready for college upon high school graduation.

With grace and respect, Gilbert manages to address the existential quandaries of both second - generation American teens and their immigrant parents who must make profoundly life - changing choices to give their children the best life possible.

Recent immigrants and their offspring (foreign - born + first and second generations of immigrants) make up over 10 % of the population of France, including 8.7 % of Muslims.

«So you're obviously going to see a different crowd, maybe not so much of the second - generation immigrant crowd.

Other themes at the exhibition include a mixed media installation by Guillermo Bert, which features video testimonies of L.A. immigrants projected onto suspended tumbleweeds; multiple slide projections and audio narratives exploring what it means to be a second - generation Filipina by looking to the past, present and future by artist Michelle Dizon; and a video installation that critiques systemic patriarchy and misogyny by Michele O'Marah.

Born in Cincinnati, to second - generation Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, the young Dine fondly recalls trips to the Cincinnati Art Museum; there, works by local artists Frank Duveneck and John Henry Twachtman captivated Dine, as well as the art of trompe l'oeil masters John Peto and William Harnett.