Abstract
Most social movements take years to bring change, and many activists burn out or age out of activism over time. The literature suggests that individuals are often motivated to take action when they feel attacked and decrease their engagement when the threat abates. These expectations are belied by the persistent activism of many millennial Latino immigrants. In 2012, we interviewed fifty Latino undocumented youth in California and Texas about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In 2018, during the Trump presidency, we re-interviewed fifteen of these individuals. We found increased feelings of marginalization, even for those participants who had obtained a more secure immigration status. We also found deepening cynicism about the possibility of immigration reform and about politics in general. Nonetheless, while some participants had changed their mode of activism, most continued to fight for their communities in some way. Their stories challenge traditional theories of political behavior that predict waning engagement and show how millennial Latino immigrants are acting to demand their inclusion and voice in the US political arena.
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