Immigration & Inequality

These are some of our favorite sources on topics surrounding Immigration and Inequality

General Immigration

Key findings about U.S. immigrants (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time (Pew Research Center, 2019)

5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. (Pew Research Center, 2019)

Facts on U.S. Immigrants (Pew Research Center, 2018)

The New Immigrant in American Society: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, et al. (Routledge, 2014)

Immigrant America: A Portrait by Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rumbaut (University of California Press, 1996)

General Latinxs

Who is Hispanic? by Mark Hugo Lopez, et al. (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Education Levels of Recent Latino Immigrants in the U.S. Reached New Highs as of 2018 by Luis Noe-Bustamante (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Hispanics Have Accounted for More Than Half of Total U.S. Population Growth Since 2010 by Jens Manuel Krogstad (Pew Research Center, 2020)

About One-in-Four U.S. Hispanics Have Heard of Latinx, But Just 3% Use It by Luis Noe-Bustamante, et al. (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Rising Share of Lawmakers – But Few Republicans – Are Using the Term Latinx on Social Media by Sono Shah (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Hispanic Voters Say Economy, Health Care and COVID-19 Are Top Issues in 2020 Presidential Election by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Mark Hugo Lopez (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Hispanics More Likely Than Americans Overall to See Coronavirus as a Major Threat to Health and Finances by Jens Manuel Krogstad, et al. (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Key Facts About U.S. Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Luis Noe-Bustamante (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Most Cuban American Voters Identify as Republican in 2020 by Jens Manuel Krogstad (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Before COVID-19, Many Latinos Worried About Their Place in America and Had Experienced Discrimination by Ana Gonzalez-Barrera and Mark Hugo Lopez (Pew Research Center, 2020)

How the Threat of Deportation Affects Children in Latino Immigrant Families (Society for Research in Child Development, 2018)

Latino Lives in America: Making It Home by Luis Fraga, John A. Garcia, Rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Gary M. Segura (Temple University Press, 2012)

Latinos in the New Millenium: An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior and Policy Preferences by Luis Fraga, John A. Garcia, rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Gary M. Segura (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

“Hispanic Americans” by Betina Cutaia Wilkinson (The Oxford Companion to American Politics, 2012)

“Culture Clash? Contesting Notions of American Identity and the Effects of Latin American Immigration” by Luis R. Fraga and Gary M. Segura (Perspectives on Politics, 2006)

General Asian Americans

What Asian Americans Really Care About When They Care About Education by Pawan Dhingra (The Sociological Quarterly, 2018)

Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population by Gustavo Lopez, Neil G. Ruiz and Eileen Patten (Pew Research Center, 2017)

Placing Asian American Child Development Within Historical Context by Lisa Kiang, et al. (Child Development, 2016)

Racialized Assimilation of Asian Americans by Jennifer C. Lee and Samuel Kye (Annual Review of Sociology, 2016)

The Asian American Achievement Paradox by Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou (Russell Sage Foundation, 2015)

Asian American Identity: Shared Racial Status and Political Context by Jane Junn and Natalie Masuoka (Perspectives on Politics, 2008)

The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community by Pei-te Lien, M. Margaret Conway and Janelle Wong (Routledge, 2004)

The Making of Asian America through Political Participation by Pei-te Lien (Temple University Press, 2001)

Racialization of Latinxs

Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy by Cristina Beltran (University of Minnesota Press, 2020)

Mapping and Recontextualizing the Evolution of the Term Latinx: An Environmental Scanning in Higher Education by CristobalSalinas Jr. and Adele Lozano (Journal of Latinos and Education, 2019)

Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization, and Activism by Chris Zepeda-Millan (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants:Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics in the Age of Security by Anna Sampaio (Temple University Press, 2015)

Transforming Citizenship: Democracy, Membership, and Belonging in Latino Communities by Raymond A. Rocco (Michigan State University Press, 2014)

Racialization of Muslims & the Development of Anti-Muslim Sentiments

Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia by Nazita Lajevardi (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Stigma Consciousness and American Identity: The Case of Muslims in the United States by Nura Sedique (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2020)

New Estimates Show U.S. Muslim Population Continues to Grow by Besheer Mohamed (Pew Research Center, 2018)

U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream by Pew Research Center (2017)

Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11 by Louise A. Cainkar (Russell Sage Foundation, 2011)

Muslim American Youth: Understanding Hyphenated Identities Through Multiple Methods by Selcuk Sirin and Michelle Fine (NYU Press, 2008)

The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

Racialization of Immigrants

The Racialization of Latino Immigrants in New Destinations: Criminality, Ascription, and Countermobilization by Hana E. Brown, et al. (The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2018)

Immigrant Rights are Civil Rights by Hana Brown and Jennifer A. Jones (American Sociological Review, 2016)

Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation Ethnicity, Exception, or Exit by Reuel Rogers (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

Refugees & Asylees

Key Facts About Refugees to the U.S. by Jens Manuel Krogstad (Pew Research Center, 2019)

Let Me Be a Refugee: Administrative Justice and the Politics of Asylum in the United States, Canada, and Australia by Rebecca Hamlin (Oxford University Press, 2014)

Refugees, Rights, and Race: How Legal Status Shapes Immigrants’ Relationship with the State by Hana Brown (Social Problems, 2011)

Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada by Irene Bloemraad (University of California Press, 2006)

Refugees & The Asylum Dilemma by Gil Loescher (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004)

Refugees, Immigrants, and the State by Jeremy Hein (Annual Review of Sociology, 1993)

States and International Migrants: The Incorporation of Indochinese Refugees in the United States and France by Jeremy Hein (Westview Press, 1992)

Escape from Violence: Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World by Aristide R. Zolberg, et al. (Oxford University Press, 1992)

From Immigration to Refugee Redefinition: A History of Refugee and Asylum Policy in the United States by Norman L. Zucker and Naomi Fink Zucker (Journal of Policy History, 1992)

Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Policy and Problems by Norman L. Zucker (The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1983)

Immigration Policy

Direct Democracy Rules: The Effect of Direct Democracy on State Immigration Legislation by Andrea Silva (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2018)

Questioning Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Lessons From Developmental Science on Forensic Interviewing by Jodi A. Quas and Thomas D. Lyon (Society for Research in Child Development, 2019)

The Science is Clear: Separating Families has Long-Term Damaging Psychological and Health Consequences for Children, Families, and Communities by Johayra Bouza, et al. (Society for Research in Child Development, 2018)

Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship by Leo R. Chavez (Stanford University Press, 2017)

Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth by Maria Chavez, Jessica L Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa R. Michelson (Taylor and Francis Group, 2015)

Why Walls Won’t Work: Repairing the US-Mexico Divide by Michael Dear (Oxford University Press, 2013)

Getting Immigration Right: What Every American Needs to Know by David Coates and Peter Siavelis (Potomac Books, 2009)

The Migration Policy Institute

National Immigration Law Center

Immigration Attitudes

Americans Broadly Support Legal Status for Immigrants Brought to the U.S. Illegally as Children by Jens Manuel Krogstad (Pew Research Center, 2020)

A Majority of Americans Say Immigrants Mostly Fill Jobs U.S. Citizens Do Not Want by Jens Manuel Krogstad, et al. (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Framing Immigrants: News Coverage, Public Opinion and Policy by Chris Haynes, Jennifer Merolla and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan (Russell Sage Foundation, 2016)

Getting Pushed Back Further in Line? Racial Alienation and Southern Black Attitudes toward Immigration and Immigrants by Betina Cutaia Wilkinson and Natasha Bingham (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2016)

Unspoken Politics: Implicit Attitudes and Political Thinking by Efren O. Perez (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion and Immigration by Natalie Masuoka and Jane Junn (University of Chicago Press, 2013)

Immigration Opposition Among U.S. Whites: General Ethnocentrism or Media Priming of Attitudes About Latinos? By Nicholas A. Valentino Ted Brader Ashley E. Jardina (Political Psychology, 2012)

Rebuilding or Intruding? Media Coverage and Public Opinion on Latino Immigration in Post‐Katrina Louisiana by Johanna Dunaway, Robert K. Goidel, Ashley Kirzinger and Betina Cutaia Wilkinson (Social Science Quarterly, 2011)

Divided Loyalties? Understanding Variation in Latino Attitudes Toward Immigration by Stella Rouse, Betina Cutaia Wilkinson and James C. Garand (Social Science Quarterly, 2010)

Crimmigration

Latinxs in La Migra: Why They Join and Why It Matters by David Cortez (Political Research Quarterly, 2020)

The Expansion of “Crimmigration”, Mass Detention and Deportation by Cecilia Menjivar, Andrea Gomez Cervantes, and Daniel Alvord (Sociology Compass, 2018)

Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America by Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien (University of Virginia Press, 2018)

Deportations Under ICE’s Secure Communities Program (TRAC, 2018)

Policing Us Sick: The Health of Latinos in an Era of Heightened Deportations and Racialized Policing by Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Francisco I. Pedraza and Alana M. Lebron (PS: Political Science & Politics, 2018)

Humane” Immigration Enforcement and Latina Immigrants in the Detention Complex by Andrea Gomez Cervantes, Cecilia Menjivar and William Staples (Feminist Criminology, 2017)

Health Implications of an Immigrant Raid: Findings from a Latino Community in the Midwestern United States by William D. Lopez, Daniel J. Kruger, Jorge Delva, Mikel Llanes, Charo Ledon, Adreanne Walker, Melanie Harner, Ramiro Martinez, Laura Sanders, Margaret Harner, and Barbara Israel (Journal of Immigrant Minority Health, 2017)

Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants:Race, Gender, and Immigration Politics in the Age of Security by Anna Sampaio (Temple University Press, 2015)

Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation by Tara Watson (American Economic Journal, 2014)

Secure Communities by the Numbers: An Analysis of Demographics and Due Process by Aarti Kohli, et al. (UC Berkeley Law Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, 2011)

The Criminalization of Immigrants as a Racial Project by Doris Marie Provine and Roxanne Lynn Doty (Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2011)

Police and Immigration Enforcement: Impacts on Latino(a) Residents’ Perceptions of Police by Guadalupe Vidales, et al. (Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 2009)

Latino Immigrants’ Perceptions of Crime and Police Authorities in the United States: A Case Study from the Phoenix Metropolitan Area by Cecilia Menjívar & Cynthia Bejarano (Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2004)

Race, Immigration and Political Behavior

Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants by James A. McCann Michael Jones-Correa (Russell Sage Foundation, 2020)

How to Sound the Alarms: Untangling Racialized Threat in Latinx Mobilization by Vanessa Cruz Nichols and Ramon Garibaldo Valdez (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2020)

Specters of Belonging: The Political Life Cycle of Mexican Migrants by Adrian Felix (Oxford University Press, 2019)

Building from Within: Family and the Political Membership of Immigrants by Marcela García-Castañon (PS: Political Science and Politics, 2018)

White Backlash: Immgiration, Race and American Politics by Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan L. Hajnal (Princeton University Press, 2015)

Latino Politics by Lisa Garcia Bedolla (Wiley Press, 2015)

Race, Legality, and the Social Policy Consequences of Anti-Immigration Mobilization by Hana Brown (American Sociological Review, 2013)

Mobilizing Opportunities: The Evolving Latino Electorate and the Future of American Politics by Ricardo Ramírez (University of Virginia Press, 2013)

Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns by Lisa Garcia Bedolla and Melissa Michelson (Yale University Press, 2012)

Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters by Marisa A. Abrajano (Stanford University Press, 2010)

Ethnic Cues: The Role of Shared Ethnicity in Latino Political Participation by Matt A. Barreto (University of Michigan Press, 2010)

The Corrosive Effect of Acculturation: How Mexican Americans Lose Political Trust by Melissa R. Michelson (Social Science Quarterly, 2003)

Citizens by Choice, Voters by Necessity: Patterns of Political Mobilization by Naturalized Latinos by Adrian Pantoja, Ricardo Ramirez, and Gary M. Segura (Political Research Quarterly, 2001)

Covid-19 and Immigrants, Latinxs, Asian Americans

Undocumented During Covid-19: Essential for the Economy but Excluded From Relief by Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, et al. (UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, 2020)

Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak by Neil G. Ruiz, et al. (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Coronavirus Economic Downturn Has Hit Latinos Especially Hard by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Mark Hugo Lopez (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Americans Favor Medical Care but not Economic Aid for Undocumented Immigrants Affected by COVID-19 by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Mark Hugo Lopez (Pew Research Center, 2020)

Amid COVID-19, Remittances to Some Latin American Nations Fell Sharply in April, Then Rebounded by Luis Noe-Bustamante (Pew Research Center, 2020)

The Anxiety of Being Asian American: Hate Crimes and Negative Biases During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Hannah Tessler, et al. (American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020)

Latinxs in Forsyth County & Covid-19

Forsyth County, Hispanic League Partnering to Inform Community About the Coronavirus by Lee Anne Denyer (WXII 12, 2020)

97 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Forsyth County by Richard Craver (Winston-Salem Journal, 2020)

Another 53 COVID-19 Cases Reported in Forsyth County. Official Says Increase Continues in Latino Community (Winston-Salem Journal, 2020)

Coronavirus Impacting Hispanic Community by Caileigh Peterson (Spectrum News 1, 2020)

Push to Educate Latino Community of COVID-19 Risk After Spike in Forsyth County by Daniel Pierce (Fox 8, 2020)

Latino Students Need More Help Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Community Leaders Say by John Hinton (Winston-Salem Journal, 2020)

Digital Divide Crosses Forsyth County by Wesley Young (Winston-Salem Journal, 2015)

NC Educators Struggle to Connect with Students, Fear What’s Lost From Remote Class by Keri Brown (WFDD, 2020)

A Gendered Approach to Immigration and Inequality Topics

Shared Identities: Intersectionality, Linked Fate, and Perceptions of Political Candidates by Christina Bejarano, Nadia E. Brown, Sarah Allen Gershon (Political Research Quarterly, 2020)

Humane” Immigration Enforcement and Latina Immigrants in the Detention Complex by Andrea Gomez Cervantes, Cecilia Menjivar and William Staples (Feminist Criminology, 2017)

For Love and Justice: The Mobilizing of Race, Gender, and Criminal Justice Contact by Hannah L. Walker and Marcela García-Castañon (Politics and Gender, 2017)

The Latino Gender Gap in U.S. Politics by Christina E. Bejarano (Routledge, 2014)

The Latina Advantage: Gender, Race, and Political Success by Christina E. Bejarano (University of Texas Press, 2013)

Tracking the Latino Gender Gap: Gender Attitudes across Sex, Borders, and Generations by Christina Bejarano, Sylvia Manzano and Celeste Montoya (Politics and Gender, 2011)

Lideres Campesinas: Nepantla Strategies and Grassroots Organizing at the Intersection of Gender and Globalization by Maylei Blackwell (Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2010)

Intersections of Immigration and Domestic Violence: Voices of Battered Immigrant Women by Edna Erez, Madelaine Adelman, Carol Gregory (Feminist Criminology, 2009)

Gendered Transitions: Mexican Experiences of Immigration by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo (University of California Press, 1994)

Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston by Carol Hardy-Fanta (Temple University Press, 1993)

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua (Aunt Lute Books, 1987)

Films

Undocumented in the Pandemic (PBS Frontline, 2020)

Asian Americans (PBS, 2020)

Kids Caught in the Crackdown (PBS Frontline, 2019)

Zero Tolerance (PBS Frontline, 2019)

Icebox (HBO, 2018)

Which Way Home (HBO, 2014)

Documented: A Film by an Undocumented American (CNN Films, 2013)

Latinos Beyond Reel: Challenging a Media Stereotype (2012)

Better Luck Tomorrow (MTV Films, 2002)

Muslims (PBS Frontline, 2002)

North Carolina (Piedmont Triad, Triangle) Organizations

Latino Community Services (LCS)

Hispanic League

UNCG’s Center for New North Carolinians

So Much Potential

Adelante Education Coalition

Speaking Events

Latinxs and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with Dr. Gabriel Sanchez

Dr. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico and also serves as the Executive Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy and Co-Director of the Institute of Policy, Evaluation and Applied Research (IPEAR) at the University of New Mexico. His research explores the relationship between racial/ethnic identity and political engagement, Latino health policy, and minority legislative behavior. Sanchez has published more than forty scholarly research articles, chapters and books that examine minority public opinion, electoral behavior and racial and ethnic politics more generally in the United States. Recording Password: vuN2!N$e

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