I occasionally answer survey polls conducted by AP-NORC and AAPI Data. The results from a poll that I took in April, exploring how AAPI thoughts on the US 250th Anniversary have been released. Some highlights:
- Top words to describe the US are great, prosperous, or powerful
- 64% of AAPI adults say the US used to be great for immigrants but isn’t any more
- 41% of of AAPI adults say that they started carrying proof of immigration status or citizenship or know someone who does (compared to 25% of the general population)
- A substantial proportion of Asian Americans do not support birthright citizenship in many cases (up to 50% for children born to people in the US illegally)
Rather sad about carrying identification for proof of citizenship or status. I have seen advice from other Asian Americans to do that, but I don’t. I don’t know anyone who says that they do. This could be the case because I live in the bubble of an Asian ethnoburb in the middle of Silicon Valley. I can imaging that AAPI in less heavily Asian areas would feel the pressure to do that these days. A separate poll a few months shows that more than half of AAPI have been treated like they are foreigners, regardless of place of birth.
The finding on birthright citizenship does not surprise me. Many Asian Americans don’t know Asian American history and the context and role of Asian Americans in establishing birthright citizenship. Moreover, many Asian Americans have a sense of law and order that makes certain cases seem like cheating.
That’s a lot of other things in the poll results that may interest you. You can read a detailed report on the data here. AP-NORC and AAPI Data provide data and actual polling percentage numbers here.
