| Sumario: | Part of a special section on the politics of family. The writer considers what becomes of the children of immigrants to the U.S., arguing that a large proportion of this new second generation is growing up in conditions of acute disadvantage. He describes the difficult conditions of blocked opportunity and external discrimination they encounter, stressing that irrespective of how ambitious parents and children are or how strong their family values and dreams of making it in America, the realities of poverty, discrimination, and poor schools become insurmountable obstacles for many. Finally, he cautions that if America is to persist in indulging its addiction to cheap foreign workers it had better be aware of what comes next.
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