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Hello Class,

Immigrant youth cannot access quality education due to a lack of school fees. They come from humble family backgrounds where their parents only meet basic needs such as providing food and shelter. Failure to access quality education make the immigrant youth work in low-income jobs. The minimum wage policy undermines the possibility of immigrant youth securing decent jobs as they lack the skills and knowledge required. The adoption of a minimum wage policy will limit the job opportunities to the immigrant youth and avail them to the members of the middle income (Foroohar, 2015). Therefore, immigrant youth secure low-income jobs because they have low levels of education.

Lack of employment opportunities for immigrant youth will facilitate them to engage in deviant social behaviours. The immigrant youth will form gangs that will cause insecurity in their areas of residence as they engage in robbery and theft. The involvement in criminal behaviours will cause mass imprisonment of the immigrant youth, hindering their ability to provide for their families. In addition, the immigrant youth will engage in drug trafficking, which increases the usage of illegal drugs. Drug abuse has detrimental effects on society members as men fail to meet parenting responsibilities leading to high divorce cases. The marriage breakups threaten the financial stability of the families as, in most cases, children are raised by a single parent who is unable to meet health and education needs (Foroohar, 2015). Therefore, failure to access jobs makes immigrant youth engage in unethical behaviours that lead to their incarceration.

The failure to provide immigrant youth with quality education hinders their upward wealth mobility. Education equips learners with skills and knowledge to secure high-income jobs that help to minimize poverty levels in society. Immigrant youth who lack education secure low-income employment opportunities that cannot acquire assets and save for retirement. Assets demonstrate an individual's financial stability because they can turn into cash to meet basic needs (Foroohar, 2015). Therefore, the hindrance to upward wealth mobility makes immigrant youth to lack retirement benefits and fail to acquire assets.

Foroohar, R. (2015). America's broken ladder. Retrieved from https://time.com/3849943/americas-broken-ladder/

Dr. Chapman and Class,

Our Assigned reading clearly states that all contemporary capitalist societies attempt to improve the inequalities that arise in a capitalist economy by taxing, spending, and regulating (Marger, 2013). Therefore, it is the state, e.g., The U.S. Government or individual states, that work to ameliorate the inequalities present in their communities. In California, there is a large immigrant population, thus, a large student population of English Learners and some of them with Disabilities. In response, and to create opportunity for these students, in August 2016 the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 2785 (Chapter 579, Statutes of 2016) which called on the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop a manual that provides guidance to teachers and specialists in grades transitional kindergarten (TK)/K–12 to help them appropriately identify and support English Learners (ELs) with disabilities (California Department of Education, n.d.).

One such marginalized community in San Diego County is in Vista CA. Since the recent migration of people from South America (more so Central America) into the United States there has been a trend of men coming with their eldest son, thus, leaving the mother with the younger children as the older man and younger man attempt to provide for their family in their native country while making every attempt to live out the American dream. The result has been devastating to many young boys in this demographic. And although the state of California is passing legislation to help these youth live self-sufficient lives in a foreign country there is still much help needed. In this realm, social institutions such as my employer, “Boys to Men Mentoring,” have provided much-needed help by sending a Spanish and English-speaking mentor to help these youth in their academic journey. This person happened to be me and it was an honor to help these boys out as they tried to make sense of the new language and culture. Thoughts?

Blessings

Francisco

References,

California Department of Education. (n.d.). English learners with disabilities. Retrieved from https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/elpracguideswd.asp

Marger, M. (2013). Social inequality: Patterns and processes (6th ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill