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 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 #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

Top 5 Immigration Trends 1.Immigration numbers may be leveling off 2.Majority of immigrants entering US each year since 2011 from Asia 3.Immigrants fastest growing in Central and Southern U.S. 4.Immigrants moving straight to suburbs 5.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?