Mexican Professionals Suffer Exclusion from Labor Market in United States Carolina Gomez Mena - La Jornada
go to original July 12, 2013

Several studies have shown that generally, Mexican manpower from the lowest to the highest schooling levels earns approximately 15 percent less than other groups of migrants and African Americans. The statement was made by Dr. Elaine Levine Leiter, professor and researcher from the North American Research Center (CISAN,) part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Her comments were made while she discussed the chapter "Qualified Migration from a Comparative Perspective: Postgraduate Professionals in the United States" from her book “Mexico’s Recent International Migration Challenges”. She highlighted that even though there has been progress when it comes to salaries and work opportunities, there is still inequality between U.S. citizens and Mexicans with post graduate studies.

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Translated by Mariana Silva

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