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Perceptions of Threat, Demographic Diversity, and the Framing of Illegality

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This article uses the case New York City to examine why certain immigrant groups participated in the 2006 protest wave more than others and why the city mobilized less compared with other major immigrant metropolises. The findings indicate that certain immigrant groups participated more than others because of how the issue of “illegal immigration” was racialized and framed by the media, and because of the disproportionate impact the proposed legislation would have had on them. The data presented illustrate how the city’s heterogeneous population served to diminish its capacity to produce the magnitude of mobilization found in other large immigrant cities.

Source: Political Research Quarterly

DOI: 10.1177/1065912914536470

Author: Chris Zepeda-Millán

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, University of Oxford