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    Will Conservative Talkers Take On Immigration Reform?

    Back in 2007, when President George W. Bush pushed for new immigration legislation, PEJ research showed the degree to which conservative talk hosts attacked the measure. And, they themselves took credit for helping to kill it. Will these hosts reprise their staunch opposition this time around? The early indications suggest that perhaps not.

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    Chapter 5: Intergroup Relations

    Second-generation Latinos and Asian Americans are significantly more likely than the first generation to say their group gets along well with people from other racial and ethnic groups, according to an analysis of recent Pew Research Center surveys conducted with a nationally representative sample of Hispanics and a separate nationally representative survey of Asian Americans. […]

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    Immigration Rises on Washington’s Agenda, Not the Public’s

    The issue of immigration reform is again a hot topic in Washington, with news of a bipartisan Senate compromise proposal to overhaul immigration laws. But immigration is only a middle-tier issue on the public’s agenda, and it has declined in importance since the end of the Bush administration. In the Pew Research Center’s annual policy […]

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    Appendix 2: Methodology

    Demographic Analysis Data Sources The demographic data in this report are derived from the Current Population Survey, which covers the civilian, noninstitutional population. Unless otherwise noted, all data come from the CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) conducted in March of every year. Unless otherwise noted, the specific files used in this report are […]

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    State of the Union 2013 and Public Opinion

    VIDEO: Pew Research Center President Alan Murray talks with the Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib about President Obama’s State of the Union address and how it compares to the public’s priorities. President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to the nation on Tues., Feb. 12. A survey released ahead of his speech […]

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    Chapter 7: Country Comparisons, Personal Values and Goals, Perceptions of Group Success

    This chapter summarizes findings on a wide range of survey topics on which generational differences are mixed, nonexistent or varied between Asian Americans and Hispanics. Among the topics covered are evaluations of the United States versus one’s ancestral country of origin; personal values and goals; perceptions of discrimination and group success; and attitudes about work […]

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    IV. Reasons for Not Naturalizing

    By 2011, a record 5.6 million immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean had become naturalized, but an even larger number—5.8 million Latin American and Caribbean immigrants—are currently eligible to apply for citizenship but have not done so[7. numoffset=”7″ Pew Hispanic Center estimates based on augmented March supplement to the 2011 Current Population Survey.]. According […]

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    II. References

    Lopez, Mark Hugo, and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera. 2012. “Latino Voters Support Obama by 3-1 Ratio, But Are Less Certain than Others about Voting.” Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, October. Lopez, Mark Hugo, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera and Seth Motel. 2011. “As Deportations Rise to Record Levels, Most Latinos Oppose Obama’s Policy.” Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, December. Passel, […]

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