text: what ways do immigrants help us??   i know it's a little long but you asked...mexican-born men, for example, are more likely to be in the labor force than any other racial or ethnic group, according to the census bureau. nearly half of latino immigrants own their own homes. while most immigrants from latin america, especially mexico and central america, lag in educational attainment, their children are far more likely to stay in school: according to research by the pew hispanic center, 80 percent of second-generation latinos graduate from high school. almost half of second-generation latinos ages 25 to 44 have attended college, and those who graduate earn more on average than non-hispanic white workers.   latino immigrants are also starting their own businesses at a rapid pace. the census bureau reported that entrepreneurship among latinos is increasing at a rate three times faster than that of other americans. americans of hispanic descent now own 1.6 million businesses generating $222 billion annually; and while census data didn't distinguish between immigrants and american-born hispanics, it suggested that much of this growth occurred in heavily immigrant communities.   like every generation of immigrants before them, latinos start out on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder, but they don't stay there. they are learning english as quickly as their predecessors, perhaps more quickly thanks to television (a majority of third-generation latinos speak only english). they are intermarrying at faster rates than earlier ethnic groups, too, with about one-third of married american-born latinos having a non-hispanic spouse.