Many of the statistics cited in the NYT piece come from the Pew Hispanic Center. You'll find their website at http://pewhispanic.org/
Best, James -----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 5, 2006 9:55 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: TEACHSOC: Storycorps, NY Times and Illegal Immigration > > >Greetings All- > >For those who may be interested in incorporating a discussion of illegal >immigration in their classes (I will be on friday) you might find two >resources of value. This past sunday's NY Times had a number of >statistics on who the immigrants are and estimated their impact on the >economy. Also, to add a human face to the numbers, there is a >profoundly moving storycorps audio stream that one can play from the NPR >site...."More than 30 years ago, Blanca Alvarez, originally from >Nogales, Mexico, crossed the border and settled in Los Angeles, Calif. >with her family. Recently, Blanca and her daughter, Connie, remembered >their early years in the United States...." > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5242601 > >This is only takes a few minutes to play, but really drives the point >home of the human dimension to the political debates. > >-steve > >> > >> ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
