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Title: Rock the (Naturalized) Vote II: The Size and Location of the Recently Naturalized Voting Age Citizen Population
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: This research brief is an update of Rock the Naturalized Vote: The Size and Location of the Recently Naturalized Voting Age Citizen Population, a report released in the fall of 2012 that sought to illustrate the importance of the potential immigrant vote in that years presidential election. The report was timely given the state of policy and political play around immigration at that time. For example, by the end of President Obamas first term, the Dream Act had been re-introduced twice and failed both in 2010 and 2011, pushing President Obama to issue administrative relief to the would-be Dream Act students in the form of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). At the same time, lack of federal action had pushed states to take steps to define their positions on immigration, with two states in particular, California and Arizona setting forth the most progressive and the most anti-immigrant policies, respectively. By the time the 2012 election came around, the mix of events had simmered and made immigration an important topic of debate, especially for Latino voters.
Url: http://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/731/docs/rtnv2016_report_final_v4.pdf
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Authors: Pastor, Manuel; Scoggins, Justin; Lopez, Magaly N
Publisher: Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII) University of Southern California
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other
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