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\"\"My book, The New Americans? Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino Identity (University Press of Kansas, 2017)<\/em><\/a>, analyzes how protest and the immigration debate influence Latinos\u2019 sense of belonging in the U.S. The book focuses primarily on the unprecedented protests of 2006, in which millions of Latinos mobilized in opposition to a far-reaching immigration proposal. Using an innovative natural experiment, I find that the distinct frames (messages) advanced during the 2006 protests \u2013 that Latinos are American \u2013 led group members to think differently about what it means to be American. Additionally, Latinos surveyed after the protests were more likely to see themselves as American than those interviewed before. These findings counter existing research, which assumes that in contexts of political threat, minority groups will embrace an alternative identity, rejecting that of the majority group (ie, American).<\/p>\n

My book was named the Best Book of 2017 by the American Political Science Association Latino Caucus<\/a>, and has been reviewed in Perspectives on Politics<\/a>, Political Science Quarterly<\/a>, the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics<\/a>, Contemporary Sociology<\/a>, Great Plains Research<\/a>, and Choice Reviews<\/a>.
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