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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 117, Issue 17, Pages 9260-9269Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921790117
Keywords
dehumanization; social harms; immigrants; immigration
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- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [G-2018-11100]
- National Science Foundation [1728807]
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1728807] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This study extends the current body of work on dehumanization by evaluating the social, psychological, and demographic correlates of blatant disregard for immigrants. Participants (n = 468) were randomly assigned to read a scenario where 1) an immigrant or 2) an immigrant and their child were caught illegally crossing the southern border of the United States, and then rated how long they should spend in jail if convicted. Participants reported that they would sentence the immigrant to more jail time than the immigrant and child. Those who sent immigrants to jail for more time also viewed them as socially distant and less human, described immigration in impersonal terms, and endorsed other social harms unrelated to immigration (e.g., the death penalty for convicted murderers). Crucially, endorsed social harms accounted for explained variance beyond simply holding conservative views. We position these data within the current literature on dehumanization theory and immigration issues.
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