The Impacts of Immigration Policy on Anti-Immigrant Activity

• In Event: 20862 - Section on International Migration Roundtables
  In Refereed Roundtable (60 minute): Table 12: Immigration Policy and Politics

Abstract

A substantial body of research examines the determinants of anti-immigrant sentiment (for example, see Quillian 1995; Gorodzeisky and Semyonov 2020; Semyonov, Raijman, and Gorodzeisky, 2006). While we know that opposition to immigrants can also be manifested in behaviors, past literature has been relatively silent on the issue, in part because such behavior is difficult to observe.A key question in this literature is how and to what extent do immigration policies shape opposition to immigrants. Scholars have examined how exclusionary laws and ordinances in the U.S. shape attitudes toward immigrants, perceptions of discrimination and linked fate, as well as self-reported health (Ebert and Ovink 2019; Flores 2017; Perreira and Pedroza 2019; Vargas et al. 2019). Our paper advances existing research because it draws upon longitudinal event data in the U.S. to examine how the introduction and passage of anti-immigrant legislation influences anti-immigrant activity.

Authors

• Dina G. Okamoto, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Yanming Kuang, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Kim Ebert, North Carolina State University