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Latin American Migrants in the Las Vegas Valley: Civic Civic Valley: Vegas Las the in Migrants American Latin Institute for Latin American Studies ATINOS L INMIGRANTES INMIGRANTES REPO sobre Serie OS OS L DE ICA V CÍ ACIÓN P PARTICI ADA V NE VEGAS, LAS R Participación Política y Compromiso Cívico Compromiso y Política Participación DE LAS VEGAS: VEGAS: LAS DE TE 4 IGRANTES LATINOAMERICANOS EN E EN LATINOAMERICANOS IGRANTES M E E ll VA L LATIN AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN THE LAS T 4 R VEGAS VALLEY: Civic Engagement and Political Participation LAS VEGAS, NEVADA REPO Series on LATINO IMMIGRANT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Institute for Latin American Studies American Latin for Institute etty Images) etty G Miller/ than E por (Foto 2006. de mayo de primero el Inmigrantes” sin ía ía D “Un desfile el durante York New York New Casino & Hotel el en Libertad la de statua E la de stados Unidos y de México se ondean ante una réplica réplica una ante ondean se México de y Unidos stados E los de banderas Las portada: de Imagen cholars S for Center International Wilson Woodrow 2009, © cholars, mayo 2009 mayo cholars, S for Center International Wilson Woodrow .C.: D Washington, 4. No. Latinoamericanos, Inmigrantes de Cívica articipación P ruax. Reportes sobre sobre Reportes ruax. T ileen E por traducido Cívico, Compromiso y Política Participación Vegas: Migrantes Latinoamericanos en el Valle de Las Las de Valle el en Latinoamericanos Migrantes . P John uman, T preferida: bibliográfica Referencia www.wilsoncenter.org/migrantparticipation y y Coordinadores: Robert Donnelly Robert Brick Kate y y serie: la de ditores E Andrew Selee Andrew Fox Jonathan Bada, Xóchitl utor: utor: A John P. Tuman P. John Author: John P. Tuman Series Editors: Xóchitl Bada, Jonathan Fox and Andrew Selee Coordinators: Kate Brick and Robert Donnelly www.wilsoncenter.org/migrantparticipation Preferred citation: Tuman, John P. Latin American Migrants in the Las Vegas Valley: Civic Engagement and Political Participation, Reports on Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement, No. 4. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April 2009. © 2009, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Cover image: A Mexican and a U.S. flag are waved in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty at the New York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas during the “Day without Immigrants” rally on May 1, 2006. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) 1 LATIN LATIN A MERICAN M IGRANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VA LATIN AMERICAN MIGR ANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VAllEY: Civic Engagement and Political Participation LL EY: Civic Engagement and Political Participation and Political Engagement Civic A Final Project Report Prepared for The Mexico Institute Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars John P. Tuman Director, Institute for Latin American Studies Interim Chair, Department of Political Science University of Nevada, Las Vegas July 2008 PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 3 INTRODUCTION 8 LATIN LATIN PART I: BACKGROUND 9 CONTENTS A Demographic and Migration Trends MERICAN Civic Associations and Interest Groups M Policy Issues and Challenges IGRANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VA PART II. DISCERNING EMERGING TRENDS IN CIVIC 18 ENGAGEMENT, PolITICAL PARTICIPATION, AND PATHS TOWARD CITIZENSHIP Overview: Considerations in Designing the Roundtable Discussions and Interviews Civic Participation: Engagement Abroad, LL EY: Engagement in the Local Community Civic Engagement and Political Participation and Political Engagement Civic Political Participation in Nevada The Barriers to and Opportunities for Naturalization CoNCLUSION: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 24 AppENDIX A: CoNFERENCE PROGRAM 26 AppENDIX B: SUMMARY OF THE 28 ROUNDTAblE DISCUSSIONS Roundtable 1: Latin American Migrants and the Local Economy Roundtable 2: Civic and Political Participation Roundtable 3: Opportunities for and Challenges to Naturalization Roundtable 4: Nationality/Ethnic-Based Civic Groups and their Projects REFERENCES 36 NoTES 38 AboUT THE AUTHOR 43 5 LATIN LATIN PREFACE A MERICAN M IGRANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VA This report is part of a series on Latin American nities and barriers that Latino immigrants face immigrant civic and political participation in participating as civic and political actors in that looks at eight cities around the United cities around the United States. This collection States: Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Fresno, explores recent trends in Latino immigrant CA; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Omaha, integration in the aftermath of the 2006 immi- LL NE; Tucson, AZ and Washington, DC. This grant civic mobilizations, highlighting both EY: Civic Engagement and Political Participation and Political Engagement Civic series, funded by a grant from the John D. similarities and differences across diverse cities and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is and sectors. part of an initiative, based at the Woodrow The author of this report, John Tuman, Wilson Center, on Latin American immigrant would like to express his thanks to Xóchitl civic and political participation, led by Xóchitl Bada and Jonathan Fox for their comments on Bada of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the background paper and on the final report. Jonathan Fox of the University of California, In addition, Tuman would like to thank the Santa Cruz, and Andrew Selee at the Woodrow following individuals who provided assistance Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. Robert with different parts of the project: Andrew Donnelly is the coordinator of the project, and Selee, Sylvia Lazos, Robert Donnelly, Eileen Kate Brick served as coordinator previously. Truax, Leah Florence, Dawn Gearhart, and The reports on each city describe the opportu- Marcelino Santiago. 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Funded by a grant from the Woodrow Wilson the first phase, background research was con- Civic Engagement and Political Participation and Political Engagement Civic International Center for Scholars (with support ducted on the changing demographic structure EY: from the MacArthur Foundation), this project of Clark County, immigration flows, char- LL is part of a broader national study that exam- acteristics of the local labor market, and the ines Latin America migrants in selected cities involvement of Latinos and Latin American in the United States. The goal of the project immigrants in interest groups and civic asso- is to explore patterns of civic engagement and ciations. Research from this phase was incor- political participation among Latin American porated into a background paper. migrants and Latinos in the Las Vegas, Nevada, The centerpiece of the project, roundtable metropolitan area. A secondary, but not less discussions, took place during the second phase IGRANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VA important, goal is to understand the factors of the project. The roundtables were held with M that contribute to or inhibit the ability of indi- leaders from migrant associations, immigration viduals from Latin America to acquire U.S. cit- rights groups, political parties, religious organi- MERICAN izenship. The issues addressed by this study are zations, and other civic groups. Approximately A highly salient in Nevada and the United States, forty individuals attended. Convened in the LATIN LATIN but they also have relevance to researchers and fall of 2007 at UNLV, the roundtables gener- policy analysts who seek to understand the ated lively discussions about the binational relationship between civic engagement and dif- activities of migrant associations, the contribu- ferent forms of political participation in both a tions of Latino and migrant labor to Nevada’s local and a binational context. economy, the barriers to and opportunities for John Tuman, Director of the Institute for Latino political participation, and the chal- Latin American Studies, and Associate Professor lenges facing immigrants who wish to become of Political Science at University of Nevada, Las naturalized citizens. Vegas (UNLV), served as the director of the Las For the third and final phase of the project, Vegas study. Professor Tuman coordinated his a cross section of leaders of various civic and activities with Dr. Xóchitl Bada, a coprincipal political organizations was selected for follow- investigator for the national study. Research for up interviews. Additional data analysis was the project was carried out in three phases. In completed during this phase of the project. The major findings of the study are: • Migrants from Latin America and Latinos are highly involved in some economic • Migrant associations from Mexico, interest groups such as unions, but Guatemala, and selected Latin American membership levels tend to vary and are countries are engaged in a variety of civic concentrated in certain sectors of the local 7 projects, both in their country of origin economy, most visibly in hospitality and and in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. commercial and residential construction. LATIN Although systematic data on the effects A of these projects are not available, the • Although the Latino population of Clark MERICAN fragmentary evidence suggests that the County has grown appreciably since 1990, activities of these associations are having Latino voter registration and voter turnout M a positive impact abroad and in the local rates have continued to lag. There are IGRANTS IN THE LAS VEGAS VA community. indications that Latino registration and turnout may have increased in the 2008 • Migrant associations have helped some presidential caucus, but this has not yet migrants to participate in elections in those been verified by official data. countries where absentee voting is per- mitted. In addition, migrant associations •
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