@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes toward "illegal" immigration into the United States: California proposition 187",
journal="Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences",
year="2001",
author="Lee, Yueh-Ting and Ottati, Victor and Hussain, Imtiaz",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="430-443",
abstract="In the mid-1990s, Proposition 187 in California, directed primarily toward Mexican immigrants, tended to deprive &quot;illegal&quot; immigrants of welfare benefits, education, and all but emergency medical care. It also attempted to facilitate their deportation. By describing Mr. Carlos Suarez as a presumed illegal immigrant from Mexico, Study 1 showed that prejudice against Mexicans and concern about threat to the U.S. economy served as unique predictors of attitudes toward Proposition 187 and illegal immigrants. Study 2 demonstrated that respondents' ethnicity, prejudice against Mexicans, economic concern, and commitment to legal obedience all served as unique predictors of attitudes toward illegal immigrants and Proposition 187.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0739-9863",
doi="10.1177/0739986301234005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739986301234005"
}