The take up of E-Verify programs shows that state officials prefer the highly skilled over temporary immigrant workers with lower skills

The election of Donald Trump illustrates that the immigration debate is here to stay. In new research, Adriano Udani uses data on temporary immigrant labor admissions to better understand which immigrant groups policymakers think deserve to work in the United States. He finds that state officials ease employment verification rules when there are more “highly-skilled” migrants gaining visas. He argues that this policy preference for more specialized, highly skilled migrants is likely to reinforce patterns of segmented assimilation and racial and gender disparities among immigrants

How local media coverage of voter fraud influences partisan perceptions in the United States

Extant findings show that voter fraud is extremely rare and difficult to prove in the United States. Voter’s knowledge about voter fraud allegations likely comes through the media, who tend to sensationalize the issue. In this study, we argue that the more voters are exposed to media coverage of voter fraud allegations, the more likely that they will perceive that voter fraud is a frequent problem. We merge the 2012 Survey of Performance of American Elections with state-level media coverage of voter fraud leading up to the 2012 election. Our results show that media coverage of voter fraud is associated with public beliefs about voter fraud. In states where fraud was more frequently featured in local media outlets, public concerns about voter fraud were heightened. In particular, we find that press attention to voter fraud has a larger influence on Republicans than Democrats and Independents. We further find that media coverage of voter fraud does not further polarize partisan perceptions of voter fraud. Rather, political interest moderates state media coverage on voter fraud beliefs only among Republicans. Lastly, our results provide no support that demographic changes, approval of election administration, or information concerning actual reported voting irregularities have any discernable effects on partisan perceptions

Perceptions of voter fraud are boosted by many Americans' hostility towards immigrants.

One of Donald Trump's earliest claims as President was that millions voted illegally in the 2016 election. Given that research has found that voter fraud in the US is exceptionally rare, how can many Americans' concerns about illegal voting be explained? In new research, Adriano Udani and David Kimball find that anti-immigrant attitudes - especially towards Mexicans - strongly predict ..

The media are fueling beliefs about voter fraud despite the fact that it is incredibly rare

It’s election season in the US, which also means that fears about voter fraud are back in the news and on the lips of many politicians. In new research which examines the role of local media in stoking concerns about voter fraud, Brian J. Fogarty, David C. Kimball, and Adriano Udani find that in states where the media frequently mention voter fraud, the public become more concerned about it. This effect is heightened for Republican voters and even more so for those who live in states under Democratic legislative control

The Best of Both Skills: U.S. Immigration, Work Visas, and Local Labor Shortages in Missouri

In spite of political rhetoric condemning immigrants’ contributions to the United States, scholars have persistently demonstrated positive social and economic contributions of immigrants. Studies such as these pose important policy implications for Missouri. To what extent does immigration contribute to recent Missouri economic outcomes? How are immigrant workers distributed across Missouri? Are there positive economic outcomes associated only with immigration of high-skilled workers? My analysis shows that higher per capita personal income and higher employment in certain industrial sectors are not solely attributed to high-skill workers. The results here suggest that economic productivity in Missouri is attributed to having a mix of high and low-skilled workers, and not solely one or the other

CCES 2015, Team Module of University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMS)

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Members by design: how U.S. Immigration policies shape mass public beliefs about American membership.

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. Major: Political science. November 2011. Advisors: Dara Strolovitch and Joe Soss. 1 computer file (PDF); viii, 293 pages.To what extent and in what ways do public policies on the treatment of noncitizens in America shape mass public beliefs and perceptions about membership in a democratic republic? This dissertation uses an intersectional framework that redeploys the construction of target population theory to better capture the hierarchy of power relations which structure noncitizen membership in America. I depart from dominant works that commonly analyze noncitizen membership by identifying individual-level characteristics that promote integration; studying policy decisions as outputs of unique social contexts; and, using static binary distinctions of deservingness and undeservingness. Instead, I examine the ways in which U.S. immigration policies rearticulate racism and the relationships that race has with other axes of disadvantage involving ethnicity, class, gender, and citizenship. By using a unique dataset of state immigration policies between 1997 and 2010 and national public opinion studies, I investigate how four dominant policy designs that construct American membership send political messages about noncitizens as foreign entrants with criminal intents; as applicants who are required to prove their value in America; as cultural minorities who are deprived and needy; and, as embattled people who must contest and remain resilient against institutionalized inequalities

CCES 2014, Team Module of University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMS)

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rr2sppq_tables120117_(1) – Supplemental material for How Local Media Coverage of Voter Fraud Influences Partisan Perceptions in the United States

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