File under "Duh!": Young undocumented immigrants in U.S. face ... difficult futures

I know, is about stating the obvious, but from Homeland Security NewsWire comes this:

17 May 2012

Undocumented Latino youth who migrate to the United States face futures clouded by limited rights and the constant fear of deportation, a new study from the University of Chicago and the University of California, Irvine finds; “Rites of passage common to American youth — getting a driver’s license, traveling, working and applying to college — are either denied, unattainable or dangerous to pursue for undocumented immigrants,” said one of the authors of the study.

Many do not fully realize the constraints of their status until they become older teenagers and young adults, the report finds. “Rites of passage common to American youth — getting a driver’s license, traveling, working and applying to college — are either denied, unattainable or dangerous to pursue for undocumented immigrants,” said Leo Chavez, professor of anthropology at University of California, Irvine....

I wonder how much this "study" cost? Another question: WHO did they interview for this "study"?

Read the rest of this report here.