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Immigration and Immigrant Integration

Do Concerns about the Deportation of Close Others Increase Willingness to Protest U.S. Immigration Policy? The Roles of Anger, Fear, and Identity Conflict

Awarded External Scholars
Shaun Wiley
The College of New Jersey
Yasin Koc
University of Groningen
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$47,447
Summary

Among documented Latinx in the U.S., 40 percent report having a friend or family member who is undocumented. Yet, few studies have considered the impact the risk of deportation for these close others has on Latinx individuals’ political engagement and integration. Social psychologists Shaun Wiley and Yasin Koc will examine how having close relationships with undocumented immigrants impacts immigration activism among Mexican and Central Americans. They will conduct an experiment for their study.

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