Midwest Sociology

Lucas Lynch

Nov. 24, 2018, 7:32 p.m.

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Perceptions of Immigrant Illegality

René D. Flores and Ariela Schachter, “Who Are the “Illegals”? The Social Construction of Illegality in the United States,” American Sociological Review, 2018 Recent politics on immigration reflect understandings of citizenship and ideas of what types of groups “belong” in American society. Even if immigrants have legal residency status, they may still be perceived as […]

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