{"id":166,"date":"2019-11-05T02:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T06:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.casethemes.net\/consultio-business4\/?p=166"},"modified":"2024-03-11T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:39:51","slug":"https-www-nbcnews-com-news-latino-dominican-americans-first-capitol-hill-lobby-day-heralds-start-important-n969346","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/es\/https-www-nbcnews-com-news-latino-dominican-americans-first-capitol-hill-lobby-day-heralds-start-important-n969346\/","title":{"rendered":"For Dominican-Americans, first Capitol Hill day heralds start of important journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image.jpeg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 New York City resident Dominga de los Santos, who has held a variety of jobs including as a housekeeper and a factory worker, came to Capitol Hill with a list of concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIs the government going to shut down again? What\u2019s going to happen with immigration legislation and funding for education?\u201d she told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>De los Santos was one of several hundred from all walks of life who traveled from cities around the country to participate in the first-ever Dominicans on the Hill day, which took place Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day allowed Dominican-Americans to be briefed through panel discussions on various issues and meet with House and Senate members who stopped by their gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"embed-widget embedWidget embed-widget--medium\">\n<div class=\"embed-widget__use-presentation\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=NBCNews&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1093705170993795072&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Flatino%2Fdominican-americans-first-capitol-hill-lobby-day-heralds-start-important-n969346&amp;sessionId=788f0910ea457df73c38c6be414c3588bf1aac1d&amp;siteScreenName=NBCNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1093705170993795072\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominicans on the Hill was organized by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., who in 2016 became the first Dominican-American elected to the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominicans in the United States are among the fastest-growing groups in the country, having more than tripled in population since 1990, from 517,000 to almost 2 million, becoming the country\u2019s fifth-largest Latino group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/dominican-immigrants-united-states\" data-activity-map=\"article-content-link-10\">Migration Policy Center<\/a>, the largest number of Dominicans outside of the Dominican Republic live in the U.S. Additionally, more than half of the Dominicans living in the U.S. were not born in the country, compared to 35 percent of Latinos overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__hWpgx styles_adNotPlaying__yQRQY styles_alignDesktopBottom__p456K styles_alignMobileBottom__vA8hP\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MSNBC\/Components\/Video\/201708\/a_latino_adrianoespiallat_170104.jpg\"><\/figure><div class=\"videoSlate\"><a class=\"allowClicksOnPreview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/former-undocumented-immigrant-sworn-into-congress-847729219836\" data-activity-map=\"article-content-link-11\"><picture class=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MSNBC\/Components\/Video\/201708\/a_latino_adrianoespiallat_170104.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MSNBC\/Components\/Video\/201708\/a_latino_adrianoespiallat_170104.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><\/picture><\/a>\n<div class=\"playButtonOuter absolute absolute-fill w100 dn-print\">\n<div class=\"absolute absolute-fill w100 df items-center items-center-m justify-center justify-center-m\">\n<div class=\"play inline-video__play-button\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"43316293872\">\n<div id=\"43316293872_ndp_1675781369374\" class=\"ndp-video\">\n<div id=\"ndp_video_player_1675781369373\" class=\"ndp-video-player\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-video__info\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-video__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/former-undocumented-immigrant-sworn-into-congress-847729219836\" data-activity-map=\"article-content-link-12\">First Dominican-American Sworn into Congress<\/a><\/h2>\n<span class=\"inline-video__detail\">JAN. 4, 201703:56<\/span>\n<div class=\"styles_share__n3Syu inline-video__share dn-print\">\n<div class=\"styles_shareExpander__hVk8d inline-video__share-expander styles_hoverEffect___Dj4s\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"styles_shareList___M8wC inline-video__share-list\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDominicans across the nation need to engage in the body politic and this allows them to discuss issues that are relevant to the community \u2014 Census, health care, small business, education &#8230; it\u2019s a young community, and we want our children to get the best education possible,\u201d Espaillat said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like other Latino groups, Dominicans are younger than the U.S. population, with a median age of 28 compared to 37 for the general population. As their numbers have grown, so have efforts to increase the population&#8217;s political engagement, including working to have more Dominicans in elected office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"embed-widget embedWidget embed-widget--small\">\n<div class=\"embed-widget__use-presentation\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=NBCNews&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1093486926554939395&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Flatino%2Fdominican-americans-first-capitol-hill-lobby-day-heralds-start-important-n969346&amp;sessionId=788f0910ea457df73c38c6be414c3588bf1aac1d&amp;siteScreenName=NBCNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1093486926554939395\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s hard when there aren\u2019t that many people who look like you around, especially in politics,&#8221; John Brian Canela, who works in the cybersecurity industry, said. Born and raised in the U.S. by Dominican immigrant parents, he said that a trip to Capitol Hill is an important journey for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s making sure our voice is represented in politics, making sure we have proper funding for educational opportunity programs, for STEM programs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daisy B\u00e1ez, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives and a founder of the nonprofit Dominican Health Care Association of Florida, said she considered coming to Washington worth the effort to further help her local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, it\u2019s expensive to come here, for plane tickets and hotels and all that, but it\u2019s an investment because (people) need to come and see how government works, and they need to come and network and meet people, and come and learn about agencies and the services that they offer,&#8221; B\u00e1ez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Dominicans and Dominican-Americans are concentrated in several large East Coast cities, most notably in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 New York City resident Dominga de los Santos, who has held a variety of jobs including as a housekeeper and a factory worker, came to Capitol Hill with a list of concerns. \u201cIs the government going to shut down again? 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