Latino Mobilization in New Immigrant Destinations: The Anti—H.R. 4437 Protest in Nebraska's Cities

We use the 2006 immigrant-rights protests as a point of departure to test whether political opportunity structures aligned to spur widespread immigrant mobilization in new immigrant destinations. The existing immigrant mobilization scholarship would predict the absence of protest in areas of new mig...

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Published in:Urban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Calif.), 2009-05, Vol.44 (5), p.718-735
Main Authors: Benjamin-Alvarado, Jonathan, DeSipio, Louis, Montoya, Celeste
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Cities and towns
Civil society
Demonstrations & protests
Demonstrations, Political
Geographic mobility
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration law
Immigration policy
Latin American Cultural Groups
Legislation
Mobilization
Nebraska
Newcomers
Opportunity Structures
Political participation
Protest movements
Racial attitudes
Social mobilization
U.S.A
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Summary:We use the 2006 immigrant-rights protests as a point of departure to test whether political opportunity structures aligned to spur widespread immigrant mobilization in new immigrant destinations. The existing immigrant mobilization scholarship would predict the absence of protest in areas of new migration because of their low levels of immigrant civic infrastructure. Through a detailed study of the immigrant-rights protests and their aftermath in Nebraska, we find that the unifying effect of the anti-immigrant legislation on immigrant-ethnic communities nationally allowed immigrants and their leaders to seize the opportunities presented by shifting local politics, new communications technologies, and the growing migrant civil societies in new destinations to spur widespread, if short-lived, mobilization.
ISSN:1078-0874
1552-8332
DOI:10.1177/1078087408323380