This article demonstrates how Latinos attending Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) of various compositional diversities continue to experience racial microaggressions on campus. Using qualitative data from 40 in-depth interviews with Latino undergraduates enrolled at HSIs of different compositional diversities, findings reveal that participants attending an emerging HSI (23% FTE Latino enrollment [FTE]) and an HSI with a 45% FTE Latino enrollment reported experiencing more racial microaggressions compared with those attending an HSI with 80% FTE Latino enrollment. Resumen Este artículo demuestra como estudiantes latinos en una Institución de Servicio a Hispanos (HSIs) constituida en forma diversa continuan experimentando microagresiones raciales en el campo universitario. Usando información cualitativa de 40 entrevistas profundas con estudiantes latinos de licenciatura inscritos en HSIs se encontró que los participantes inscritos en una HSI emergente (23% equivalente de estudiantes de tiempo completo [FTE]), y una HSI con 45% FTE de estudiantes latinos inscritos reportaron experimentar más micro-agresiones raciales al compararse con aquellos inscritos en una HSI con el 80% de inscripción de estudiantes latinos.

In spring 2006, the United States witnessed immigrant marches throughout the nation. Although Latina/os are often depicted as the “face” of the immigrant marches, we know little about how racial and citizenship statuses shaped Latina/os’ perceptions of how the marches influenced public perceptions of undocumented immigrants. Using logistic regression on data from the 2006 National Survey of Latinos, we find that Latina/os identifying as white are less likely to be supportive of the immigrant marches than those who defied standard racial classifications, and instead identified as “Latina/o.” Moreover, Latina/os who are born in the United States are not as supportive of the immigrant marches in comparison with naturalized citizens and non‐citizen Latina/os, accounting for demographic and human capital factors. This study suggests there is a “racial‐ and citizenship divide” among Latina/os that fragments perceptions on the immigrant mobilizations in the United States.

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