21 Facts About Salvadoran Americans

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Salvadoran Americans are Americans of full or partial Salvadoran descent.

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Salvadoran Americans is the accepted and most commonly used term for referring people of Salvadoran Americans ancestry.

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However, both Salvadorian and Salvadorean are widely used terms in daily life by English-speaking Salvadoran citizens living in the U S and other English-speaking countries.

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The slang term Salvi was coined and used for self-identification by the first generation wave of Salvadoran Americans born in the United States from parents who had escaped the civil war in the 1980s, and has been used as a term of endearment.

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Country of El Salvador was subjected to economic, political difficulties and wars, creating few opportunities in the country to grow economically for citizens, which impacted many Salvadoran Americans citizens looking for new lands to settle for better opportunities.

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Salvadoran Americans Spanish is one of the most common dialects of Spanish spoken in the United States.

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In Washington D C, Salvadoran Spanish is the most common dialect of Spanish spoken, while in Los Angeles, Salvadoran Spanish is the second-most common Spanish dialect, after Mexican Spanish.

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Salvadoran Americans's research found that while Salvadorans are the majority of the Latin American population in Washington D C, they use the voseo form as much as their counterparts in Houston; a city with a large Mexican population that used the tuteo form instead.

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Younger generations of Salvadoran Americans are less likely to practice any type of religion than their parents.

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The U S -born children of Salvadoran refugees or immigrants are becoming more aware of their Salvadoran roots, even at the behest of their Salvadoran born parents.

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These Salvadoran Americans, raised and taught in the U S, understand the problems in El Salvador is facing and become more proactive on ways to address these issues.

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Salvadoran Americans's was sworn into office by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on December 16, 2017.

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Jorge Guadron and Miriam Ventura became the first Salvadoran Americans elected to the New York State Democratic Committee for the 6th Assembly District in September, 2014.

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Salvadoran Americans became the first Hispanic Democrat to serve in the General Assembly.

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Jorge Guadron and Miriam Ventura are the first Salvadoran Americans elected to the New York State Democratic Committee for the 6th Assembly District in Long Island.

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One area of U S politics in which Salvadoran Americans have played an important role is in legislation regarding their immigration status.

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Gradually, Salvadorans and other Central Americans began to take charge of the refugee organizations and assume a higher public profile.

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Those U S organizations most actively involved in Salvadoran politics have attracted little participation by Salvadoran North Americans themselves.

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In 2009 groups like CISPES and SHARE who were mainly Salvadoran Americans organizations rallied with the Nicaragua Network and other Nicaraguan organizations to speak out against the coup in Nicaragua at the time.

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Salvadoran Americans immigrants are densely concentrated in a few cities, and they have a strong infrastructure in refugee organizations.

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21.

Salvadoran Americans troops have earned a reputation as an effective and professional military force for their participation in international humanitarian missions to Lebanon, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan and Haiti.

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