Academics seek to put a human face on undocumented Hispanic immigrants

Leo Chavez, anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies professor, is quoted in Feet in 2 Worlds, on October 19, 2009

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From Feet in 2 Worlds:

Many researchers said their work was motivated in part by the desire to put a human face on a population that is often overlooked or referred to mainly in statistical terms. "Research that promotes a positive view of immigrants has not been predominant," complained Leo Chavez, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.

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