The \u201cNew Americans\u201d are a rising part of the U.S. population comprising mainly of post-1965 children of immigrants who were raised during the wide-ranging immigration era from Latin America and Asia, but may also include other immigrants who became naturalized citizens, from Palestine, Dominican Republic and India, to name a few.<\/p>\n
The New Americans may have been politically overlooked, but they are becoming a more increasing \u201cvoting bloc\u201d that can quite possibly turn the tides for the state, federal and local elections and are proving to be a political force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n
Immigrants who have not applied for citizenship are now applying for it in droves; therefore changing certain city and states\u2019 political landscape; something said in light of the current anti-immigrant rhetoric. The New Americans have new<\/em> immigrant stories that are different experiences from the sometimes romanticized \u201cEllis Island\u201d immigration era, which are personal associations to the modern immigrant experience, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The \u201cNew Americans\u201d are a rising part of the U.S. population comprising mainly of post-1965 children of immigrants who were raised during the wide-ranging immigration era from Latin America and Asia, but may also include other immigrants who became naturalized…<\/span><\/p>\n