The New American Electorate

Oct 23, 2008

American Immigration Law Foundation | Immigration Policy Center

The Immigration Policy Center released its report by Rob Paral and Associates, "The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children." The report examined the growing electoral clout of not only immigrants who are naturalized U.S. citizens, but also the U.S.-born children of immigrants who were raised during .. Read More
The Immigration Policy Center released its report by Rob Paral and Associates, "The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children." The report examined the growing electoral clout of not only immigrants who are naturalized U.S. citizens, but also the U.S.-born children of immigrants who were raised during the current era of immigration from Latin America and Asia that began in 1965. The authors joined in a panel discussion moderated by Angela Kelley.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:08 Unidentified Speaker A DISCUSSION ON THE AM I DRAVO IN 2008 ABOUT 8.5% OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN 2006 WERE EITHER NATURALIZED...
00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. MAURICE, CAN YOU SEE IF ANYBODY IS IN THE HALL TO COME IN BECAUSE IT'S WHEN TO GET STARTED....
00:03:41 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. MY COLLEAGUE...
00:09:40 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ROB, AND THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HAVING US HERE. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT PAGE 17, THAT'S IN THE...
00:17:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH ROB AND MADURA. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. BYE WANT TO...
00:18:24 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO FIRST THANK THE IMMIGRATION POLICY CENTER AND ROB PARAL AND HIS TEAM FOR...
00:33:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU EFRAIN. [APPLAUSE]
00:33:27 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FRANK SHARRY. LET ME TRY TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS TO TRY TO SUGGEST SOME...
00:40:30 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH FRANK. WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FOR A BIT. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF. [INAUDIBLE]...
00:41:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. SO THE DREAM ACT FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS CONSIDERED...
00:42:49 Unidentified Speaker I WAS JUST WONDERING TO WHAT DEGREE THE LANGUAGE IS AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF GETTING NEW AMERICANS SENT...
00:43:10 Unidentified Speaker SO, IT DOES ADVERTISING IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THAT TURN OUT? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?
00:43:17 Unidentified Speaker YES, THERE IS DATA THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS THAT. THERE IS A CALIFORNIA VOTES ADDITION THAT SHOWED THAT...
00:44:07 Unidentified Speaker IN ADDITION, AS FRANK MENTIONED SPANISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA IS A TREMENDOUS VEHICLE AND PARTICULARLY IN...
00:44:43 Unidentified Speaker YES. [INAUDIBLE] YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIUM HAS BEEN, WHERE...
00:45:34 Unidentified Speaker A GOOD QUESTION. LOOK, LIVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT IMMIGRATION IS NOT COME UP IN THE DEBATES IN PARTICULAR....
00:49:39 Unidentified Speaker ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I AM SORRY.
00:49:48 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, THE NEW AMERICAN VOTING BLOC IS ONLY A POWERFUL BLOC IF IT VOTES OF THE BLOCK AND IT...
00:50:41 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE FIRST QUESTION?
00:50:49 Unidentified Speaker I THINK AGAIN THE DATA IS GOING TO REBUILD ITSELF A LOT MORE IN THIS ELECTION. THERE IS A SURVEY THAT...
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker AN IMPORTANT THING REGARDLESS OF THE BLOCK I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WITH THESE NUMBERS THEY...
00:52:41 Unidentified Speaker FRANK, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LAST ONE?
00:52:43 Unidentified Speaker ON THE QUESTION OF BLOWBACK, THE BLOWBACK IS WHAT IS LEADING TO THE HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED MOBILIZATION....
00:54:57 Unidentified Speaker ANY MORE QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] THERE WAS A SURVEY THAT CAME OUT BY THE PEW HISPANIC CENTER THAT TALKED...
00:55:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MAURICE.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Sharry, Frank
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  • Duong, Tuyet G.

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