Welcome! Chamber Training Institute
JW Marriott –Salon D
Developing and Promoting an Advocacy Agenda Across Diverse
Communities
Janelle S. Wong, PhD. Associate Professor of American Studies, Director of Asian American Studies, University of Maryland
Today’s workshop
Group Quiz on Immigration
Diversity in Public Opinion across GroupsExercise I: Public Opinion vs. Deliberative Democracy
Do Lawmakers Care About Public Opinion?Exercise II: Small group discussion
Setting an Advocacy Agenda Together
Immigration Quiz
Is immigration to the U.S.
Increasing?Decreasing?Leveling Off?
Immigration to the United States appears to be leveling off
Leveling Off
“Since 2008, legal permanent immigration appears to have leveled off at a little over a million entries per year.”
-Douglas Massey 2012
Leveling Off
Net migrationfrom MexicoNEGATIVE
Leveling Off
Sharp decline over time
Leveling Off
DeclineIn estimatednumbers of Unauthorizedimmigrants
Immigration Quiz
Immigration to the United States is
Mostly from Asia?Mostly Latin America?Mostly from Africa?
Most Immigrants from Asia
2010
2011
2012
380,000 390,000 400,000 410,000 420,000 430,000 440,000 450,000 460,000
AsiaAmericas
Department of Homeland Security
A Majority of Asian Americans are Foreign Born
2012 Pew Report A Minority of Latinos (40%) are Foreign Born
Still, because of historic immigration trends…most foreign born in the United States are from Latin America
Immigration Quiz
Fastest Growth of Foreign Born?
East Coast?Central United States?Southern United States?West Coast?
Largest Foreign Born Growth 2000-2011
#1 Tennessee
The New Asian American South
• The Asian-American population is growing faster in the South than in any other region nationwide, and faster than any other facial group (69%).
• The number of Asian Americans who registered to vote grew by 100% in Georgia, 73% in Florida, and 136% in Virginia.
Immigration Quiz
Upon arrival to US shores, most immigrants move to
Rural Areas?Urban/Metro Areas?Suburban Areas?All of the above?
New Suburban Destinations
--Brookings 2010
Ethnoburbs
By 2007, 40 percent of foreign born moved directly from abroad to suburban destinations in U.S.
Today 50 percent of all Black, Latino, and Asian Americans in the United States live in the suburbs
Immigration Quiz
At least one quarter of all immigrants have lived in the United States at least 25 years
TrueFalse
40% of all immigrants have lived in the U.S. for 20 years or more
All Asia Latin America0
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20 years or more
30 years or more
Top 5 Immigration Trends
1. Immigration numbers may be leveling off2. Majority of immigrants entering US each year since 2011 from Asia3. Immigrants fastest growing in Central and Southern U.S.4. Immigrants moving straight to suburbs5. Immigrants increasingly long-term residents
So, why does this matter?
Migration from Latin America and Asia is changing US Demographics and Changing US Politics
Like businesses, political pollsters need to reach out to different groups of people to understand political attitudes
Next…to what extent do political attitudes differ across groups and what are the commonalities?