Young immigrants are looking to social media to engage in politics and elections – even if they are not eligible to vote
- Written by Sara Wilf, PhD student in social welfare, University of California, Los Angeles
Immigrant advocates protest near the U.S. Capitol on June 15, 2022 Drew Angerer/Getty Images Immigrants’ political power is on the rise in the United States.
The number of eligible immigrant voters nearly doubled from about 12 million in 2000 to more than 23 million in 2020.
Immigrant voters tend to be older than U.S.-born voters, but...
