Washington .- The Hispanics have increased labor issues, financial literacy, according to several studies cast doubt on the actual progress of the country's largest minority, and especially the newer immigrants.
Hispanics in the U.S. have the worst job category as the rest of society, suffering increasing problems with English and about a third of them lack a bank account minimum, according to three reports different released last week.
"The reports show problems or barriers to the advancement of Latinos, but also are an indicator of the recent expansion of this diverse group called 'Hispanic'" he told EFE Audrey Singer, an immigration expert at the Brookings Institution , based in Washington.
Singer said the data suggest that increased welfare gap between themselves and U.S. Hispanic newcomers have more trouble adjusting labor, speak English and relate to financial institutions.
"A of the things we see is that the Latino population is diverse and constantly adds new members, "he said." If you look at those who have been here longer, the employment and financial conditions improve. "
The differences among the nearly forty million Hispanics living in the U.S. and the rest of American society also tend to worsen as different measurements.
The Pew Hispanic Center released on Thursday an investigation that concluded that the "employment status of Hispanics is lower than non-Hispanic" and the difference increased over the decade nineties, despite the great expansion of the U.S. economy.
"Compared to 1990, Hispanics became more segregated in terms of employment status in 2000," said the study by Maude Toussaint-Comeau, the Federal Reserve of Chicago.
added that Hispanics decreased their representation in management positions and professional and service sectors grew less socioeconomic status.
Along with this report, the Department Education also indicated this week that Hispanics were the only racial group in the U.S. that worsened their levels of literacy in English in recent years.
According to the poll, 44 percent of Hispanics over 16 years lacks the minimum knowledge of English to fill out a basic form or read a bill payment. A decade ago, the recorded percentage was lower, 36 percent.
In turn, the biggest U.S. Hispanic organization, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR for its acronym in English), also released a report that pointed to another problem of illiteracy among Latinos: financial.
The study noted that 35 percent of Hispanics lack bank accounts (42 percent of Latinos born abroad) and questioned the effectiveness of government strategies to reverse this situation .
According to NCLR, recent efforts such as providing educational materials in English and establish an Office of Financial Education erred in not incorporating personalized advice for Hispanics.
"We contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. economy and lack even basic banking services," he told EFE Beatriz Ibarra, author of the report. "We must find strategies to bring Latinos into the middle class," he added.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS for short) presented on Monday another report that the average earnings of immigrants are just three quarters of those Native Americans.
However, in the case Newer immigrants, average income fell by almost half (56 percent) of those born in the U.S., said the CIS, a conservative center that works to limit immigration into the country.
The report said that in 2005 only foreigners who had lived in America for over 20 years managed to match the poverty rate for native citizens, amounting to 11.7 percent. The data represent a decrease in the capacity of economic integration of immigrants from previous years, the study said.
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