Dangerous Stereotypes: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Integration Policy Preferences in Latin America

• In Event: Political Psychology of Immigration Attitudes

Brief Overview

We show that narratives that (1) challenge the link between migrants and criminals, (2) stress shared life aspirations between natives and migrants, and (3) depict migrants as hardworking reduce prejudice and elicit pro-immigrant policy preferences.

Authors

• Abby Cordova, University of Notre Dame

• Natan Skigin, University of Notre Dame