White Americans see many immigrants as 'illegal' until proven otherwise, survey finds

(Washington University in St. Louis) Fueled by political rhetoric evoking dangerous criminal immigrants, many white Americans assume low-status immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Syria, Somalia and other countries President Donald Trump labeled 'shithole' nations have no legal right to be in the United States, new research in the journal American Sociological Review suggests.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news