Posted on 05/20/2011 7:14:34 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
Eulogia was scared and adrift. At 25, she was poor, pregnant and an illegal immigrant. She worried about how she would pay for medical care and raise her baby, and even whether a trip to the hospital might prompt her deportation to Mexico.But when she plunged into a postpartum depression in 2003 after the birth of her daughter, the first of three children, a hospital social worker referred her and her husband to an East Harlem social service agency that has counseled them and helped them get care for their family and get the government assistance their children were eligible for as American citizens.
“I think I very am lucky,” Eulogia said in an interview this week, asking that her last name not be used because she still fears deportation. She said most illegal immigrant parents felt tremendously isolated and did not have “the confidence to ask for help.”
Indeed, a recently published study of the early development of children born to illegal immigrants in New York City suggests that most stories that begin like Eulogia’s do not end as well.
Even though the children have citizenship and live in an immigrant-friendly city that offers them a wide array of services, many are still hobbled by serious developmental and educational deficits resulting from their parents’ lives in the shadows, according to the study, whose author says it is the most comprehensive look to date at the effects of parents’ immigration status on young children.
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And I for one do not buy it.
“...Even though the children have citizenship...”
Nope. I believe that is false.
Children born here must have parents who are here legally. The children of Illegals are their parents nationalities.
We ought to demand that criminals of all stripes immediately be given the same access to jobs as everyone else, an end to imprisonment, etc. After all, it's for the children!
Take ‘em back to Mexico and end your trauma.
after the birth of her daughter, the first of three children
Looks like she asked for alot of help. We paid for 3 children to be born and are still paying for them with all the available welfare programs.
Hey, don’t kid yourself—that’s on the horizon.
There’s already something about potential employers not being able yo ask if one has ever been convicted of a crime or something.
Am I supposed to feel guilty?
lol. they never stop
Gentlemen..start your violins.
Me either. The only thing they are eligible for in the US is a one way ticket back to their own country.
Sounds like a personal problem, but I will chip in for bus fare back to the border!
Ticket! Make them wade the Rio Grande the same way they did to get here.
You don’t?
/s
Maybe its true, maybe not, but the weight of all these illegals and their kids with their hands out will completely sink the ship that is already under water.
Couldnt liberals and RINOs adopt them? For life?
More bovine scatology from the NYT. Kirk needs to get out of the office a little bit more often. There are no “shadows” or “underground” with the illegal aliens anymore. You can find them outside of EVERY state capitol building in the country screaming “racism” and demanding freebies from the U.S. taxpayers.
She should move to Maryland so her kids can get free college tuition thanks to the state’s enlightened Governor. :-(
Why don't the illegals march the streets of Meheeco and make their demands there?? Ay yay yay.
Living in the shadows, my a$$.
Ping!
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