Americans’ Support for Immigrant-Family Separation*

• In Event: Racial Attitudes in the U.S.

Brief Overview

Based on a July 2018 survey experiment on the policy of separating immigrant children from their families, we find that whether the migrants are characterized as coming lawfully or not has no significant effect on public attitudes toward the policy.

Authors

• Kevin Lynn Cope, University of Virginia

• Charles Crabtree, Dartmouth College