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The immigrant labeling effect: The role of immigrant group labels in prejudice against noncitizens

Rucker, Julian M., Murphy, Mary C., Quintanilla, Victor D.·2019·Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
DOI 10.1177/1368430218818744
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Five experiments ( N = 2,251) and a meta-analysis examine how group labels shape Americans’ levels of prejudice, behavioral intentions, and policy preferences toward immigrants living in the US without authorization. These studies extend research documenting how the perceived negativity of group labels (e.g., those describing gay people) affects people’s downstream attitudes. To this end, Study 1 examines the perceived negativity of the five most commonly used labels to describe unauthorized immigrants. Study 2 found that relatively negative (vs. neutral) labels (e.g., illegal aliens vs. noncitizens) engendered more prejudice, punitive behavioral intentions, and greater support for punitive policies. Study 3 replicates these effects and examines the role of familiarity. People who personally knew members of the group were more positive towards them overall, but were nevertheless susceptible to the labels’ influence. Studies 4 and 5 provide additional replications and explore prejudice as a mediator of behavioral intentions and policy preferences.

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  • Negative labels including illegal immigrants, illegal aliens, and undocumented aliens elicited more negative attitudes toward the group than more neutral labels such as undocumented immigrants and noncitizens.

    “Rucker et al. (2019) find that negative labels-including “illegal immigrants,” “illegal aliens,” and “undocumented aliens”-elicited more negative attitudes toward the group than more neutral labels such as “undocumented immigrants” and “noncitizens””

    From Prejudice and Discrimination Toward Immigrants (2021) · cites this paper as Rucker et al. 2019

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  1. Allport G. W., 1954, The nature of prejudice
  2. Bogardus E. S., 1967, A forty-year racial distance study
  3. Gomez L. E., 2007, Manifest destines: The making of the Mexican American race
  4. Kennedy J. F., 1964, A nation of immigrants
  5. Neuman G. L., 1995, UCLA Law Review, 42, 1425
  6. Pettigrew T. F., 2000, Reducing prejudice and discrimination: Social psychological perspectives, 93
  7. Pew Research Center. (2016). On immigration policy, partisan differences but also some common ground. Retrieved from http://www.people-press.org/2016/08/25/on-immigration-policy-partisan-differences-but-also-some-common-ground/

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Authors
Rucker, J. M., Murphy, M. C., & Quintanilla, V. D.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Indiana University (US)
Corresponding author
Rucker, Julian M.
ORCID
Venue
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2019-02-02
Volume
22
Issue
8
Pages
1139-1160
ISSN
  • 1368-4302 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7188
DOI
10.1177/1368430218818744
OpenAlex
W2914704086
Cited by
52
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
FWCI
9.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Russell Sage Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
prejudice against immigrants, undocumented immigrants, non-citizens, immigration policy preferences, familiarity

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