NDLI: Interior Immigration Enforcement and Political Participation of U.S. Citizens in Mixed-Status Households

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Author	Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina Lopez, Mary J.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	The 2000s have witnessed an expansion of interior immigration enforcement in the United States. At the same time, the country has experienced a major demographic transformation, with the number of U.S. citizens living in mixed-status households—that is, households where at least one family member is an unauthorized migrant—reaching 16 million. U.S. citizens living in mixed-status households are personally connected to the struggles experienced by their unauthorized family members. For them, immigration policy is likely to shape their current and future voting behavior. Using data from the 2002–2014 Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplements, we examine whether intensified immigration enforcement has affected the political engagement of U.S. citizens living in mixed-status households. We find that immigration enforcement has chilled their electoral participation by lowering their propensity to register by 5 %; however, it has not visibly affected their voting propensity among those registered. Importantly, their lower voting registration likelihood does not seem to reflect indifference for community and public matters, given that it has been accompanied by greater involvement in civic forms of political participation, such as volunteering. Understanding how immigration policy affects the political participation of a fast-growing segment of the electorate is imperative because they will inevitably constitute a rapidly rising political force in future elections.
Starting Page	2223
Ending Page	2247
Page Count	25
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00703370
Journal	Demography
Volume Number	54
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15337790
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2017-11-03
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Immigration enforcement Mixed-status households Civic engagement Demography Sociology Population Economics Medicine/Public Health Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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