Transcript Developing and Promoting an Advocacy Agenda Across Diverse

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 Groups
Exercise 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 migration
from Mexico
NEGATIVE
Leveling Off
Sharp
decline over
time
Leveling Off
Decline
In estimated
numbers of
Unauthorized
immigrants
Immigration Quiz
Immigration to the United States is
Mostly from Asia?
Mostly Latin America?
Mostly from Africa?
Most Immigrants from Asia
2012
Asia
Americas
2011
2010
380,000
390,000
400,000
410,000
420,000
430,000
440,000
450,000
460,000
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
True
False
40% of all immigrants have lived in the U.S.
for 20 years or more
1
20 years or more
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
30 years or more
0.2
0.1
0
All
Asia
Latin America
Top 5 Immigration Trends
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Immigration numbers may be leveling off
Majority of immigrants entering US each year since 2011 from Asia
Immigrants fastest growing in Central and Southern U.S.
Immigrants moving straight to suburbs
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?