Despite ideals grounding American identity in principles and ideas, most US citizens
continue to believe that they are rooted at least in part in ascriptive characteristics such as …

Natives' attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy are important factors in the
context of reception of immigrants because they contribute to a warm or chilly welcome …

Past scholars find that there is a public consensus in the United States on the traits of ideal
immigrants. Nevertheless, is there also a consensus on the perceived traits of actual …

Existing studies on attitudes towards immigrants center White public opinion and do not
account for the diversity within the immigrant population. I seek to fill these gaps by testing …

How does political ideology influence the ways individuals reason about immigrants?
Analyzing data from a 2013 national survey, this study offers new perspective on the …

Research has shown that members of the national majority group generally consider host
culture adoption by immigrants as desirable. However, so far, this positive effect of perceived …

The issue of ethnic diversity and national identity in an immigrant nation such as the USA is
a recurrent topic of debate. We review and integrate research examining the extent to which …

The belief that immigrants threaten the American culture is a paramount source of opposition
to immigration in the US Known as cultural threat, this trepidation is largely conceptualized …

White Americans generally equate “being American” with “being White.” In six studies, we
demonstrate that White Americans perceive immigrants who adopt American mainstream …

How are Americans responding to increasing immigration into their communities? Previous
accounts of American public opinion on immigration have emphasized racial prejudice and …