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Immigration and hate the effect of increasing immigration on hate group formation in the United States
For the past several years, hate groups have been steadily increasing in the United States. Using theories of ethnic competition (Olzak 1992; Blalock 1967) and political opportunities (McAdam 1982), this paper examines factors that may cause variation in the number of hate groups per state in 2006. Primarily, this paper looks at the relationship between increasing undocumented populations, anti-immigration politicians, and economic hardships on hate group formation. Using a negative binomial regression analysis of state-level counts of hate groups, I find support for my argument that large undocumented populations and economic hardships are significantly associated with higher numbers of hate groups