Proposition 187 and Its Political Aftermath: Lessons for U.S. Immigration Politics After Trump

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Proposition 187 ◽  
Immigration Politics

Immigration Politics and Partisan Realignment

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Monogan ◽  
Austin C. Doctor
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Proposition 187 ◽  
Immigration Politics ◽  
Partisan Realignment

This article demonstrates how the party identification of various demographic groups in California and Texas changed in response to the gubernatorial campaigns of Pete Wilson and George W. Bush. Using aggregated time series of Field Poll, Texas Poll, and Gallup data, difference-in-differences results show that Wilson’s embrace of Proposition 187 was followed by significant Hispanic movement toward the Democratic Party in California. Time series analysis substantiates that this action led to a long-term 7.1 percentage point Democratic shift among California’s Hispanics. This suggests that state-level actors can influence partisan coalitions in their state, beyond what would be expected from national-level factors.

Race, Humor, and Politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 422-446
Author(s):  
Sabina Perrino
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Reverse Direction ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Immigration Politics ◽  
Local Code ◽  
Analytical Tools

From a country of emigrants, Italy has recently become a receiver of migrants. These new, reverse direction migratory flows have triggered strong reactions by Italians, such as nativist discourses about national culture and identity and aggressive, exclusionary, anti-immigration politics. This chapter explores how everyday Italian discursive practices—joke-telling, in particular—operate in relation to these politics, at times totally or partially excluding migrants while simultaneously creating intimate spaces of inclusion for Italians. By codeswitching, for example, from standardized Italian into their local code during joke-telling performances that feature migrants, Northern Italian speech participants address audiences who are presumed to “share” this code while enacting exclusionary stances. This chapter also demonstrates that dichotomies such as exclusion/inclusion are inadequate analytical tools, and it proposes more processual approaches to participation.

From Protest to Protection: Navigating Politics with Immigrant Students in Uncertain Times

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
REVA JAFFE-WALTER ◽  
CHANDLER PATTON MIRANDA ◽  
STACEY J. LEE
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Undocumented Students ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Marginalized Students ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Us ◽  
Immigration Politics ◽  
The Subject

With the rise of nationalism and the current contentious debate on immigration in the US, school leaders and educators are faced with difficult questions about how to negotiate sensitive political topics, including debates on immigration. In this article, Reva Jaffe-Walter, Chandler Patton Miranda, and Stacey J. Lee explore how educators grapple with the political policies and discourses surrounding immigration with marginalized students who are the subject of those politics. Drawing on research from two US schools exclusively serving recently arrived immigrant students, the authors explore how educators negotiate the teaching of immigration politics during two different time periods, in 2013 during the Obama era “Dreamer” movement and in early 2017 after the inauguration of Donald Trump. They consider how the unique conditions of each political context inform educators' strategies for “teaching into” political events and supporting their immigrant and undocumented students. Their analysis reveals the unique challenges of engaging marginalized students who are the subject of contentious politics in political discussion and action and supports their call for a deeper consideration of students' identities and experiences of politics within scholarly discussions of critical civic engagement.

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