Poverty plagues large share of poor, recent immigrant children.(National Center for Children in...

Poverty plagues a larger share of young children who are in recent-immigrant families than those who have U.S.-born parents, new research shows.

Overall, children under six account for about 47 percent of new, poor immigrant children, according to the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University. In low-income families with U.S. born parents, infants, toddlers and preschoolers account for 36 percent of all children.

The share of preschoolers among the low-income, immigrant child population is largest in the Midwest and South, accounting for