College-educated undocumented young adults face same narrow range of jobs as their parents

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 19:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Parents who move to the United States without legal status generally seek better opportunities for their young children. But a new survey of life trajectories of undocumented young adults raised and educated in America shows that they end up with the same labor jobs as their parents, working in construction, restaurants, cleaning and childcare services.

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