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CPOY 71 Documentary Award of Excellence: The Invasion from Within

Marcos Espinoza, 17, who is half Guatemalan and Mexican is born and raised in the U.S. He’s a son of illegal immigrants escaping local violence in Guatemala and Mexico. He represents a generation of Hispanics, the biggest and youngest minority group in the States currently counting 54 million people (2013). Never before in the history of America has a minority ethnic group made up such a large share of the youth in America. One-in-five schoolchildren are Hispanic and every fourth child born is Hispanic according to Pew Research Center. By the year 2060 Hispanics will constitute 28 % of the population in the U.S.

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Slide 8 of 12
September 6, 2015
It’s sunday and Marcos is resting in the hammock at the ranch. His parents go to Iglesia La Hermosa, a Hispanic church every sunday. They try to make him and his siblings go too, but they won’t force them. “I don’t like going so much. I will rather stay here and chill with my uncle and his friends”, he says. The mother felt people were a bit racist when she went here a few years ago. "One time I was in the mall and talking to my cousin on the phone in Spanish. The women looked at me with disgrace because they weren't used to see Hispanics. Today it's different, now there are way more hispanics over here," Julissa says.
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