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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure your premise is correct -- how do you know whether any given  professional is from an immigrant community? What would that look like to you?

But just taking your question at face value, here's an anecdote. Years ago I mentored a HS kid who was the U.S.-born child of recent immigrants. She would routinely miss class because she'd stayed up cleaning office buildings with her mom at night. They'd be short a crew member for whatever reason and she'd come along in their place, then sleep the next day.

Nice kid, thoughtful, but totally unprepared for college or a white collar job. Her English was heavily accented and informal, but she spoke little of her parents' language and couldn't translate it. She was just kind of stuck between worlds. She did get into a college with funding but, when we parted ways, her mom was leaning against allowing her to attend because it was too far away.

That kind of thing plus systemic discrimination plus lack of generational wealth ... all factors. [/quote]

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