Policy analysis reveals how nativist ideologies drive restrictive language policies in emerging diaspora regions, highlighting systemic barriers facing Latino populations.
This article examines reactions to the changing linguistic ecology in the U.S. state of Iowa, which is experiencing a demographic phenomenon often referred to as the New Latino Diaspora (NLD) ( Hamann et al., 2002 ). We first examine the historical processes and social structures that link current language policy initiatives within Iowa to local and national nativism. We then analyze public policies and texts to reveal how language ideologies circulate across diverse texts and contexts, forming discourses that shape the experiences of Latin@s in Iowa.
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