SGER: Exploring Citizen Reactions to Immigration

这个项目探讨了公民对移民抗议的反应以及国会正在辩论的关于移民改革的主要立法提案。 研究的目的是了解黑人，白色人和第二代西班牙裔人的信仰，态度和看法是相似和不同的，了解普通人对移民和移民的信仰，态度和看法，并了解中层企业主和管理人员如何讨论这个问题。 本研究以2000年至2004年美国全国选举研究（American National Election Study）的数据为基础，采用焦点小组的研究方法，对移民和外交政策的几个相关问题进行了研究。通过增加对公民对移民政策和移民的看法的了解，该项目将更广泛地推进美国政治和社会科学的研究。 这些数据可以帮助决策者制定新的公共政策，并解释现有的政策。 这项研究还有望提高我们对种族关系的理解，民族主义种族主义宣传的影响范围，并可能揭穿种族，民族和社会阶层的刻板印象。 这项研究也有可能提高我们对移民问题的理解，以及它是如何根据当前的人口统计和辩论而改变的。

This project explores citizen reactions to immigrant protests and the major legislative proposals on immigration reform being debated in Congress. The objectives of the research is to understand how the beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of black people, white people, and second generation Hispanics are similar and different, to understand how the beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of ordinary people about immigration and immigrants, and to understand how mid-level business owners and managers discuss the issue. This study, which uses focus groups, dovetails with data collected on the 2000-2004 American National Election Study, which has several relevant questions about immigration and foreign policy.The project advances the study of American politics and the social sciences more broadly by increasing our knowledge of citizens' perceptions of immigration policies and immigrants. This data can help policymakers formulate new public policies and explain existing ones. The study also promises to enhance our understanding of race relations, the reach of nationalistic racist propaganda, and could possibly debunk racial, ethnic, and social class stereotypes. This study also has the potential to enhance our understanding of the immigration issue and how it is changed in light of current demographics and debates.