Tag: Carola Suarez-Orozco

  • Science & Tech

    Eighty-five percent of immigrant children separated from families during migration

    An ongoing study of more than 400 children who have immigrated to the United States shows that 85 percent of them experience separation from one or both parents during the process of moving to this country. About 35 percent of these children are separated from their fathers for more than five years. Nearly half (49…

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  • Science & Tech

    Immigration experts focus on attitudes of children

    Too many immigrants in the United States are staring into what Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco call “a toxic mirror” that seriously compromises the self-image of children who will grow up to be part of American society. The husband-and-wife team, who co-direct the Harvard Immigration Project, believe it’s time for society to remake the image in…

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