Corridors and Outposts

How Regional Embedding Shapes Attitudes Towards Immigration in the U.S.

Immigration attitudes are not just a function of demographic presence. They are a function of how immigrant presence becomes regionally embedded, symbolically politicized, or culturally normalized over time.

Research Question

How do spatial spillovers from immigrant-dense cities shape immigration attitudes in surrounding places, consistent with halo/threat-without-contact versus regional normalization, and how does this vary by local ideology and regional context?