Race, Legality, and the Social
Policy Consequences of Anti-
Immigration Mobilization
Social Workers’ Perceptions of Structural Inequality and Immigrant Threat
100

What two frameworks does the author describe for categorizing immigrants?

Legality frame and Racial frame

100

Which immigrant group was seen as the greatest threat?

Undocumented immigrants

200

What is Proposition 187? 

A CA state ballot proposal that passed in 1994. Proposition 187 declared unauthorized immigrants ineligible for public benefits and services and required all public employees to report anyone they suspected might be undocumented.

200

How was denying structural inequality related to immigrant threat?

It was linked to higher perceptions of immigrant threat.

300

How did immigration advocacy and policy differ between Arizona and California in the 1990s?

Arizona: less solidarity between advocacy groups, stricter immigrant welfare policy

California: more diverse advocacy groups and collaboration, expansive and lenient welfare

300

What percentage of social workers believed immigrants have the same opportunities as U.S.-born citizens?

About 33%

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