2008 isn’t over, and already the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border into the United States has passed the 10,000 mark.

More than 11,700 Mexican children and teenagers tried to cross the US border alone and were sent back to their native country in the first seven months of this year, Mexican migration officials said Wednesday.

Meanwhile ICE raids continue, people are dead, and John McCain and Barack Obama are pointing fingers.

Is it any wonder than that a recent poll from the Pew Research Center shows:

Half (50%) of all Latinos say that the situation of Latinos in this country is worse now than it was a year ago…

In the survey, nearly one-in-ten Hispanic adults report that in the past year the police or other authorities have stopped them and asked them about their immigration status. Latinos say they are experiencing other difficulties because of their ethnicity. One-in-seven (15%) say that they have had trouble in the past year finding or keeping a job because they are Latino. One-in-ten (10%) report the same about finding or keeping housing.

On the question of immigration enforcement, Latinos disapprove of five key enforcement measures asked about in this survey–and generally do so by lopsided margins.

Via / Monsters and Critics, The Latin Americanist

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