Yalidy Matos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. Matos' research interests lie in racial and ethnic politics, public opinion and political behavior, and immigration politics and policy in the United States.

Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics examines a policy issue that has been at the heart of US politics for centuries-that of immigration. Matos offers an innovative and fresh approach to understanding immigration attitudes in the US by looking at it through the lens of morality and whiteness. She then tests her theory with a series of empirical tests that take advantage of public opinion survey data as well as the roll call votes of elected officials. A must-read for scholars of political science, sociology, American studies, and public policy.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics 2. Immigration Attitudes as A Racialized "Morality of Exclusion" 3. How Whiteness Structures Restrictive Immigration Attitudes 4. White Racial Privilege and Progressive Immigration Attitudes 5. Enacting Whiteness Through State-Level Immigration Laws 6. Conclusion: In Need of a Moral Reckoning Appendix A: Survey Wording Questionnaire Appendix B: Online Appendix Information Notes Bibliography Index

Yalidy Matos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. Matos' research interests lie in racial and ethnic politics, public opinion and political behavior, and immigration politics and policy in the United States.

Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics examines a policy issue that has been at the heart of US politics for centuries-that of immigration. Matos offers an innovative and fresh approach to understanding immigration attitudes in the US by looking at it through the lens of morality and whiteness. She then tests her theory with a series of empirical tests that take advantage of public opinion survey data as well as the roll call votes of elected officials. A must-read for scholars of political science, sociology, American studies, and public policy.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics 2. Immigration Attitudes as A Racialized "Morality of Exclusion" 3. How Whiteness Structures Restrictive Immigration Attitudes 4. White Racial Privilege and Progressive Immigration Attitudes 5. Enacting Whiteness Through State-Level Immigration Laws 6. Conclusion: In Need of a Moral Reckoning Appendix A: Survey Wording Questionnaire Appendix B: Online Appendix Information Notes Bibliography Index

Yalidy Matos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. Matos' research interests lie in racial and ethnic politics, public opinion and political behavior, and immigration politics and policy in the United States.

Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics examines a policy issue that has been at the heart of US politics for centuries-that of immigration. Matos offers an innovative and fresh approach to understanding immigration attitudes in the US by looking at it through the lens of morality and whiteness. She then tests her theory with a series of empirical tests that take advantage of public opinion survey data as well as the roll call votes of elected officials. A must-read for scholars of political science, sociology, American studies, and public policy.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics 2. Immigration Attitudes as A Racialized "Morality of Exclusion" 3. How Whiteness Structures Restrictive Immigration Attitudes 4. White Racial Privilege and Progressive Immigration Attitudes 5. Enacting Whiteness Through State-Level Immigration Laws 6. Conclusion: In Need of a Moral Reckoning Appendix A: Survey Wording Questionnaire Appendix B: Online Appendix Information Notes Bibliography Index