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Asian American Perspectives on Immigration Policy

Van C. Tran, Natasha K. Warikoo
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2021, 7 (2) 154-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.2.08
Van C. Tran
aAssociate professor of sociology and deputy director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, United States
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Natasha K. Warikoo
bProfessor of sociology at Tufts University, United States
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Despite the rapid growth in both documented and undocumented Asian Americans, their attitudes toward immigration policy are not well understood. Drawing on data from the 2016 National Asian American Survey, this article examines both interracial and intra-Asian differences in views toward immigration. Relative to other racial groups, Asians are as likely to support legal migration, but less likely to support undocumented migration. We document significant diversity among Asians. As labor migrants, Filipinos support a congressional increase in annual work visas. As economic migrants, Chinese and Indians support an increase in annual family visas. As refugees, Vietnamese are least supportive of pro-immigration policy. These findings contribute to research on policy support by systematically including Asian Americans in this debate and by revealing their diverse policy perspectives.

  • Asian Americans
  • immigration policy
  • visa policies
  • undocumented immigrants
  • in-group and out-group attitudes
  • © 2021 Russell Sage Foundation. Tran, Van C., and Natasha K. Warikoo. 2021. “Asian American Perspectives on Immigration Policy.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 7(2): 154–77. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2021.7.2.08. Direct correspondence to: Van C. Tran at vtran{at}gc.cuny.edu, PhD Program in Sociology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., 6112.04, New York, NY 10016, United States.

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Van C. Tran, Natasha K. Warikoo
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    • DRIVERS OF SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION POLICY
    • ASIAN AMERICANS AND IMMIGRATION POLICY
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    • RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION POLICY
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