An awful lot of us have immigrant ancestors who started out this way. Mine were luckier in some ways, having come in through the rural pipeline, immigrating to farms in the Dakotas from Eastern Europe. It isn't emptying trash barrels or building railroads in swamps, but it had its own sets of dangers and problems. A lot of them didn't make it, and ended up in the cities.

I wish Adama the best of luck. Yes, I did notice his religion, but at least he has the advantage of not looking "Middle Eastern," so hopefully he won't suffer for it. I think he's got a future. The story at this site that made me the saddest was this one. Compare this with the other articles. Why? A Latina cultural thing? Is it just her? Then why the other failure statistics on Latinos? I don't have easy answers, but I personally think a Dad in the house would have made some difference. Hopefully, she'll still pull herself out of this.