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8/31/2009 Invisible immigrants, old and left with nobody to talk to'
Office: Sociology
Details: Judith Treas, sociology professor, is quoted in the New York Times on August 30, 2009.  
 
From the New York Times:  
 
They gather five days a week at a mall called the Hub, sitting on concrete planters and sipping thermoses of chai. These elderly immigrants from India are members of an all-male group called The 100 Years Living Club. They talk about crime in nearby Oakland, the cheapest flights to Delhi and how to deal with recalcitrant daughters-in-law.  
 
For the full story, please visit http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/us/31elder.html.



 

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