The National Study of Fear of Deportation

While there was hope for immigration reform that would improve the security and wellbeing of immigrants under the Biden administration, comprehensive immigration reform did not occur. Now, the second Trump administration has begun conducting unprecedented mass deportations. Sociologists Margot Moinester and Ariela Schachter will examine how re-intensification of immigration enforcement shapes fear of deportation among first- and second-generation Latinx, Asian, and Black adults. They will conduct a fifth wave of the National Study of Fear of Deportation for their project.