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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 12 of 12
August 27, 2015
One of Marcos’ best friends is Hector Gardunó. He rests on the 4x4 after they went riding. The ranch gathers a lot of Hispanics, giving them the feeling of being back in Mexico. "It's like being in two different worlds, out here it's like daydreaming", Marcos says. They ride together almost every day. Mexican Gardunó works at an American owned ranch just outside of Bowling Green. “I like it, I get to stay out all day and work with horses,” he says. Out of the 54 million hispanics in this country 64.1 % of them are Mexican.
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