Fabiana Silva

Framing the Immigrant Movement as about Rights, Family, or Economics: Which Appeals Resonate and for Whom?

May 1, 2014 • Working Papers • By Fabiana Silva, Irene Bloemraad and Kim Voss

Abstract Although social movement scholars in the United States have long ignored activism over immigration, this movement raises important theoretical and empirical questions. Which movement frames resonate most with the…

So Goes the Nation?: A preliminary report on how immigration is reshaping the identities of workers in California

May 1, 2013 • Working Papers • By Fabiana Silva and Kim Voss

Since 1990, immigrants and their children have been the fastest growing component of the American population (Portes and Rumbaut 2005; Pew Hispanic Center 2011). Unlike the newcomers who arrived a…