Immigrants Against Immigration: When Naturalized Americans Favor Restrictionist Policies

• In Event: Citizenship and the Attitudes of Immigrants

Brief Overview

Are immigrants pro-immigration? We find that naturalized immigrants shifted from supportive to restrictionist views during the Trump era, especially on unauthorized immigration, highlighting how political climates reshape immigrant perspectives.

Authors

• Priyanka Sethy, Harvard University

• Marco M. Avina, Harvard University

• Mashail Malik, Harvard University