Arceneaux K

Berry WD

Buell E

Cleves MRG

Del Valle S

Downs A

Erikson RS

Haider-Markel DP

Horowitz DL

Lacey RJ

Meinke S

Nicholson SP

Schildkraut DJ

Tatalovich R

Tocqueville A

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 The passage of (and debate over) immigration laws in Arizona highlights the increasing linguistic diversity of the US. To date, 31 states have passed an English-official bill. In this paper, we test several hypotheses concerning the adoption of such legislation across the states. Using data spanning the past three decades, we present event history models on the timing of adoption since the start of the modern movement in 1980. Like previous works, we find that the timing of adoption in states is structured by immigrant population and the initiative process. However, we find a conditional story that has been overlooked to date: the effects of immigrant threat only increase the likelihood of English-official legislation adoption when the issue of immigration is nationally salient. </jats:p

Amy H Liu

Anand Edward Sokhey

Joshua B Kennedy

Annie Miller

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Immigrant threat and national salience: Understanding the “English official” movement in the United States

Immigrant threat and national salience: Understanding the “English official” movement in the United States

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