Comments on: Hispanic Teen Health At Risk, Study Shows

Drug Use, Suicide Attempts By Hispanic High School Students Continue To Rise

[formrusmcsgt]

The sad thing is over 80% of these very kids are anchor kids.

Posted by frankbowers at 04:37 PM : Jun 05, 2008

You have a credible source fot that or is it simply YOUR number?

[frankbowers]

The sad thing is over 80% of these very kids are anchor kids. Their parents stole into our country and have bveen raiding our hospitqals, schools, tax benefits, in which they have never paid any thing into, The list goes on and on. The parents are illegal aliens and do not understand how things are done in this country and most of them speak little or no lEnglish as they do not wish to become Americans to the point of giving up their great countries in which they left due to the govenment not caring enough about them to help them and have slipped or stole their way into our country and stole what ever they need in Sanctuary cities across our nation, such as Houston, Tx; nyc,ny; the atate of new jersey, Illinois, CALIFORNIA FLORIDA, THE LIST IS LONG, the due to the politicians who have no desire to do what is right and ship them out. Frank Bowers

[krotec54]

They must realize that they do not have much of a future since they do not want to learn English or about this country that their parents disrespected its laws by illegally entering and then demanding for citizenship that they are not entitle to.
The illegal immigrants future will be in Agriculture, cattle / goat herder, construction worker, motels and restaurants servers. The Muslim immigrants will have the same problem segregating their selves from the rest of America. They will not advance much in the real world and we should just let them commit suicide to allow the legal immigrants that can assimilate and handle America%u2019s way of life to be productive citizens.

[mandylou4u]

again, I am not saying I don''t like the hispanic community and I''m not trying to be mean, but I had lost control of my car one day, there was fresh oil on the road and no warning. A car load of Mexican workers slammed into my car while I sat dazed and confused in the middle of the road. When I got my barrings, I asked them if they insurance or license. They all acted like they didn''t know what I was saying, but as soon as the words lawyer and sue you came up, oh they new English real well. This is what I don''t like about people migrating here. Don''t act stupid to get out of a mistake you made. They had no problem speaking English to the cops when they got there either.

[rf35]

The prime driver in the high risk rates in Hispanics is their self-segregation and refusal to integrate into American life. I have no problem with people respecting the traditions of their culture (so long as it doesn''t involve human sacrifice or anything like that), but Hispanics need to learn and use English. I am tired of using sign language to get the housekeeping staff to figure out what I need in my room. Hispanics are segregated because they are segregating themselves. This causes the rest of American society to shun them on the occasions when they do want to join the rest of us. It makes it hard for the few who DO try to integrate because both sides of the issue refuse to accept them. The Hispanic rank and file is PO%u2019ed because they feel these people have somehow betrayed them and society in general judges them based on experience with the majority of non-conformist Hispanics. Unfortunately, Hispanic segregation has become a self-feeding cycle. I doubt it will be broken anytime soon.

[jboxton]

Maybe they come to our country and realize you have to do more than sleep. They think they can come here and automatically get rich without trying.

[sistatee-2009]

Instead of lowering the Hispanic suicide rate, wouldn''t it be easier to raise the white and black suicide rates to make it equal.

[mandylou4u]

this is not a simple issue, I just explain things in the most simple way I can to get my point across. Kudos to you for having dual citizenship, at least you are trying to blend with the area you have moved to. My grandparents were imigrants from Germany. They came here, got legal, got jobs and learned the culture here. They lived wonderfull, productive lives and because of them I am having a better life too, so the imigration thing doesn''t bother me. By the parents not wanting to fit in, it makes it harder on the kids in the end and the kids are the ones who actually have to grow up here.

[mandylou4u]

I want to say this too. I do not hate the hispanic community, they just have little respect when it comes to us taking care of them after they have come over illegaly. The least you could do is respect the people letting you stay here and giving you their assistance.

[mandylou4u]

the issue being discussed is drug use and their inability to blend in with people of another culture. It would be pretty hard for you to fit in somewhere where you didn''t know the language or culture wouldn''t it? The segregation is there because they choose not to fit in with the culture. They want to still live like they are in their homeland, which is different from ours.