Politically Active Diaspora in The United States
| Ethnic group | Diaspora | Homeland (est.) | Nationalist movement | Domestic lobby | Concerns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans | African diaspora | Africa | various | African-American lobby in foreign policy | ending apartheid in South Africa, foreign aid to Africa, support for independence of colonized African lands |
| Armenian Americans | Armenian diaspora | Armenia (1991) | Armenian nationalism | Armenian American lobbyANCA, Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian American Political Action Committee | Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Genocide, Recognition as a major US ethnic group |
| Arab Americans | Arab diaspora | Arab world | various | Arab lobby US lobby against Israeli Occupation | Arab-Israeli conflict, 2003 invasion of Iraq, battle against discrimination after the Sept. 11 (2001) terror attacks |
| Azerbaijani Americans | Azerbaijani diaspora | Azerbaijan (1918), Iran | U.S. Azeris Network | Nagorno-Karabakh, South Azerbaijan, Recognition as a major U.S. ethnic group | |
| Cuban Americans | Cuban exile | Cuba | Cuban-American lobby | Opposition to Fidel Castro, U.S. embargo against Cuba, Status of Cuban political refugees legally entering the U.S. | |
| Greek Americans | Greek diaspora | Greece (1829) | AHEPA, American Hellenic Institute | Aegean dispute, Cyprus dispute, Macedonia naming dispute, Greek genocide | |
| Irish Americans | Irish diaspora | Ireland (1920) | Irish nationalism | Irish American lobby | Northern Irish peace process, Economic links, Undocumented immigration issue |
| Italian Americans | Italian diaspora | Italy (1860) | National Italian American Foundation, National Association of Italian Americans, Sons of Italy | Risen influence in US political life, concerns of organized crime, cultural integrity of Italians and Sicilians, fighting negative ethnic stereotypes | |
| Jewish Americans | Jewish diaspora | Israel (1948) | Zionism | Israel lobby in the United States | Arab-Israeli conflict, Antisemitism, The Holocaust |
| Macedonian Americans | Macedonian diaspora | Republic of Macedonia | United Macedonian Diaspora | Macedonia naming dispute, NATO, civil rights for Macedonians in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Kosovo, territorial integrity | |
| Mexican Americans | Mexican diaspora | Mexico (historic) | Chicano nationalism | Chicano Movement, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund | Illegal Immigration Rights, socioeconomics, bilingualism |
| American Muslims | various | Muslim world | various | CAIR | War on Terrorism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, cultural/religious tolerance |
| Polish Americans | Polonia | Poland (1918) | Polish nationalism | Polish American Congress | Anti-communism, Economic links, Undocumented immigration issue |
| Puerto Ricans | Puerto Rican people | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican nationalism | Political parties of Puerto Rico | Political status of Puerto Rico, ending drug wars in Puerto Rico, solidarity amongst other U.S. Latino groups, ending poverty and disenfranchisement amongst the Puerto Rican community |
| Taiwanese Americans | Taiwanese diaspora | Taiwan | Taiwan independence | China lobby | Political status of Taiwan, Anti-communism, Racial issues as Asian Americans |
| Vietnamese Americans | Vietnamese diaspora | Vietnam (1975) | various | National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA), Boat People SOS, Viet Tan, Vietnamese-American Political Action Committee, Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association, various others | Anti-communism, Racial issues as Asian Americans, Vietnam Heritage and Freedom Flag, Black April, Undocumented immigration issue, political activism in the US, Vietnam Human Rights Day, political prisoners within Vietnam |
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