Week 13: The Politics of Immigration

Monday, April 7

  • PEW. 2015. “Chapter 1: The Nation’s Immigration Laws, 1920 to Today.” [report], September 28.

  • PEW. 2024. “2. Immigration attitudes and the 2024 election.” [report], June 6.

  • PEW. 2018. “Shifting Public Views on Legal Immigration Into the U.S.” [report], June 28.

  • Karma, Rogé. 2024. “The Most Dramatic Shift in U.S. Public Opinion.” The Atlantic, October 9.

  • Hopkins, Daniel J., Yotam Margalit, and Omer Solodoch. 2024. “Personal Economic Shocks and Public Opposition to Unauthorized Immigration.” British Journal of Political Science 54(3): 928–36.

Wednesday, April 9

  • Pérez, Efrén O. 2015. “Xenophobic Rhetoric and Its Political Effects on Immigrants and Their Co-Ethnics.” American Journal of Political Science 59(3): 549–64.