Immigration has once again become a highly charged issue in American politics. Primarily using experimental data, many scholars have attributed the intensity and nature of public opinion on immigration to the framing and priming power of the media. Yet, in order to estimate the extent of these...

This paper argues that two master frames are used to protest immigrant detention centers, one which focuses on immigration reform the other centers on detention reform. The dual use of the frames may expand mobilizing networks but presents conflicts that close down political opportunities

Immigration is one of the most contested and divisive political issues in the United States. Recent research on the determinants of immigration policy has drawn attention to the role of media framing, demographic change, and partisanship (Hopkins 2010, Ramakrishnan and Wong 2010). Existing...

Extant literature on racial attitudes and public policy tends to focus upon white racial attitudes toward African-Americans and how these attitudes mediate public policy. We argue that with our increasingly diverse country it is critical to examine different groups in order to get a...

In this paper I consider egalitarian responses to unauthorized immigration. This project requires me to do several things. First, I argue that we can understand unauthorized immigration normatively under the notion of an invitation ostensibly refashioning the discussion as a problem of...

The United States is experiencing a growing class of white-collar workers whose futures are dependent on the global exchange, yet survey research on immigration has very mixed results on Americans' attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Based on an opinion poll conducted among students at...

Immigration laws have traditionally been the domain of the US Congress and the federal government. However, in recent years numerous state and local governments have debated and enacted legislation affecting immigrants in areas ranging from employment to housing to licensing. State action in a...

In this paper, I argue that international lending policies to developing countries that (1) disregard conditions within recipient countries, or, alternatively, (2) impose austere measures on recipient countries create conditions that make trafficking in persons more successful. Since 1989, many...

As Vancouver, British Columbia is one of two primary entry points for immigration to Canada (Toronto is the other), the purpose of this paper is to examine various immigrant groups in terms of the preservation of their distinct identity, their patterns of settlement and their active involvement...