Coming to America: Poll finds Hispanic immigrants harbor higher hopes than Latinos born in US

Hispanic immigrants pin high hopes on life in US

WASHINGTON — An Associated Press-Univision poll finds that Hispanic immigrants, many of whom faced huge problems in their homelands, have more idealized views of the United States than Hispanics who were born in America do.

The poll turned up stark differences between the hopes of immigrant parents and U.S.-born Hispanics for their children: 77 percent of foreign-born Hispanic parents believe it will be easier for their children to find a good job, compared with 31 percent of U.S.-born Hispanics.

The nation’s 47 million Hispanics are its fastest-growing minority. That means questions such as where they will work and whether their children go to college are important to the country as a whole.