Our New Filipino Teachers
(Published in the Brownsville Herald- Brownsville, Texas 1/5/2003)
In the excellent article in the Sunday, December 8, Brownsville Herald entitled “Immigrants still wanted in Hard Times” and while Mr. Navarrette focused on latin migration hit the nail on the head when he said “…what Americans should know by now, even if some are reluctant to admit it: Immigrants were an undeniable and indispensable factor in the nation’s economic growth over the past decade.”
This caused me to remember the community stir back a few months ago when the decision to recruit teachers from the Philippines was being discussed.
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Posted on Monday, January 6th, 2003
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