Literature Review/Bibliography

Abrajano, Marisa, and Zoltan L. Hajnal. White Backlash: Immigration, Race, and American Politics. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2015. Accessed October 6, 2020. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1h4mhqs.

This book is useful for my project and proposal because it breaks down the issues of immigration in modern day America. It also tackles the issue of racial discrimination, which directly affects immigration as well and plays a big role in the history of the changing views of immigration.

Brader, Ted, Nicholas A. Valentino, and Elizabeth Suhay. “What Triggers Public Opposition to Immigration? Anxiety, Group Cues, and Immigration Threat.” American Journal of Political Science 52, no. 4 (2008): 959-78. Accessed October 13, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25193860.

This journal discusses reasons why people are opposed to Immigration. This will be very useful background information to give some context as to why immigration is looked at so poorly in our society

Card, David. “Immigration and Inequality.” The American Economic Review 99, no. 2 (2009): 1-21. Accessed October 6, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25592368.

This journal goes into detail about the inequality of immigrants in the United States. It also provides the statistics of immigration and the flaws of existing statistics that have been established as well. This journal well help me establish the background context to my project.

Czaika, Mathias, and Hein De Haas. “The Effectiveness of Immigration Policies.” Population and Development Review 39, no. 3 (2013): 487-508. Accessed October 13, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23655336.

This journal discusses immigration policies that are put in place and how they are faulty. This journal is also useful information to provide background information for my project.

Ngai, Mae M. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004. https://hdl-handle-net.proxy.cc.uic.edu/2027/heb.06691. EPUB.

This book goes over the history of immigration in the United States and how the views of immigration have shifted overtime. It also goes into detail about how politics have contributed to this issue as well as how it contributed to racial issues as well.

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