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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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bProfessor of sociology at Tufts University, United States
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    • DRIVERS OF SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION POLICY
    • ASIAN AMERICANS AND IMMIGRATION POLICY
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