Mexicans in Hawaiʻi: Challenges and Prospects
This briefing at the State Capitol in Honolulu presented key demographic and socioeconomic information about the Mexican-origin population in Hawai’i.
The Mexican-origin population in Hawai’i represents a small, but fast-growing group that is little examined. This briefing at the State Capitol in Honolulu, organized in conjunction with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, marked the formal release of an MPI report that presented key demographic and socioeconomic information about this population.
The briefing discussed the report, Newcomers to the Aloha State: A Portrait of Mexicans in Hawaii, and featured researchers Jeanne Batalova of MPI and the University of Hawaii's Monisha Das Gupta and Sue Haglund. The speakers discussed demographic characteristics and experiences of this population and the immigration enforcement and other policies affecting them.
Speakers:
Minister Juan Manuel Calderón Jaimes, Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs at the Mexican Foreign Ministry
Bruce Coppa, Chief of Staff to Governor Neil Abercrombie
Jeanne Batalova, Policy Analyst, MPI
Monisha Das Gupta, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies, University of Hawai'i
Sue Haglund, Researcher, University of Hawai'i
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