Losers in the Immigration Debate: Children

Amid an intensifying national debate on immigration, the Colorado Children's Campaign released a report Tuesday saying the majority of children born into the state's immigrant families are U.S. citizens.

It also found immigrants' children are more likely to live in poverty and have trouble speaking English than other children, but that more of them live in two-parent households.

It was the first time the nonprofit research and lobbying group had included immigration data in its annual report on the well-being of Colorado's children. It will likely add fuel to a contentious battle over how many public services immigrant families, especially illegal immigrants, should receive.

(full text of article at cbs4denver)




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