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This paper examines the trials and tribulations faced by Mexican immigrants in American society. My paper argues that Mexican immigrants constitute a social class of individuals who are at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The paper attributes this to the fact that they are subjected to racism and exploitation when they cross the border and come to the United States. Information from my paper comes from secondary sources, including but not limited to the Internet and interviews.
Almost 80,000 new immigrants - about 85 percent of them Hispanic – now arrive each month in the United States. They come here mainly for economic reasons. According to Gabriela D. Lemus (2000) "the combination of global economic processes where fewer and fewer large corporations own more of the world's productive resources has created a concentration of power in the hands of a few. Dramatic surges in violence in areas of Latin America, combined with the disparities between the haves and the......

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