This report focuses on "at risk" immigrants in the United States. This fourth report in a series contributes to the now extensive literature on the suffering caused by the INS detention system, with a particular focus on persons who should not be detained, and the INS's failure to pursue alternatives for groups that it should not and need not…

The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation 2002 National Survey of Latinos explored the attitudes and experiences of Latinos on a wide variety of topics. The survey sample was designed to include enough Hispanics from various backgrounds and national origin groups so that in addition to describing Latinos overall, comparisons also could be…

This paper examines three of the many practices which push Chicano students into the rear of the classrooms and out of the schools as soon as the law allows. (Author/RK)

The author urges that American educators abandon the "melting pot" and "cold turkey" philosophies of the past and accept the notion of cultural pluralism and democratic education as their new creed. (HMD)

Disillusionment with the many bilingual programs developed under Title VII, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, indicates only a lessened commitment, and a justifiably more cautious approach; the seeds of doubts, the problems, and possibly the likelihood of failure were built into the program from the beginning. (Author/JM)

Paper presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting, November 17, 1973, Atlanta, Georgia. (RL)

Presents a first-hand look at the Centro Intercultural de Documentacion, a Mexican experimental college founded by Ivan Illich. Considers the subjects taught, the school organization, types of students, and school philosophy. (Author/DN)

Part of a continued series. (SK)

Reviews background and work of contemporary writers Joaquin de Entrambasaguas, Concha Suarez del Otero, Enrique Llovet, and Manuel Rios Ruiz. (RS)

Anaphoric'' is a term for a word which refers to a word already said or written. (DD)