This lack of education stems from the fact that most Mexican immigrants, when they first arrive in the United States, have an inability to speak the English language proficiently and to have a simple understanding of the idiosyncrasies of American English. According to the Pew Research Center, only __ have a high school diploma and __ have less (out of ______ surveyed). This general lack of education is surprising when compared to the general population of the United States (__) and constitutes a serious detriment when it comes to assimilating Mexican immigrants into society. U.S. society has increasingly placed value on educational attainment, from the public school system to the large number of colleges across the country, and to a general lack of education for the incoming immigrant class in an overly competitive private sector education-based. Mexican immigrants are greatly hindered from assimilating into that society without a high school diploma or GED equivalent. While some will say that these immigrants are simply immigrants and should have received that education at home, or that they should not receive it in the United States because they do not contribute enough to society to justify it, this is simply not true. Documented Mexican immigrants pay taxes, and although they did not receive an education in their homeland, it was not because they did not want a higher education. In Mexico corruption and poverty are high and there is no public school system, so those who cannot afford to send their children or themselves to some form of higher education work so they can support their families. Immigrants coming from Mexico to the United States come because Mexico is riddled with political corruption and its people are impoverished and have no real opportunities for upward mobility. The United States, according to tradition, is a land of opportunity, but