The task force commissioned by the Nebraska legislature evaluates the potential for integrating new Latino workers, whose numbers grew by 155 percent between 1990 and 2000 in response to new beef- and poultry-processing jobs. It paints a portrait of newcomers’ economic, education, English language, and citizenship status. Through surveys of schools, churches, law enforcement, and local NGOs, the Task Force identified seven challenges to integration: language, lack of understanding of U.S. rules, cultural conflict and racism, low wages, education/training needs, basic needs, and lack of access to legal status and advice.
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