More Latinos in U.S. Join Ranks of the Poor, Census Says; New Figures Show Higher Poverty Due to Rising Medical, Work-related Costs

Quoted: “We?re seeing a very slow recovery, with increases in poverty among workers due to more new jobs which are low-wage,” Timothy Smeeding, a University of Wisconsin-Madison economist who specializes in poverty, told Fox News Latino. “As a whole, the safety net is holding many people up, while California is struggling more because it?s relatively harder there to qualify for food stamps and other benefits.”