Why Did House Members Vote for H.R. 4437?

• Joel S. Fetzer ^[1]
  1. [1] Pepperdine University

     Pepperdine University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: International migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, Vol. 40, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 698-706
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines why members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted for H.R. 4437, the controversial 2005 bill to construct a 700-mile immigration barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border and to criminalize illegal presence and aid to undocumented immigrants. Logit analysis suggests that being a first-term House member or a Republican and representing a district that was in the South or the West or heavily blue-collar substantially boosted the odds of supporting H.R. 4437. If a member's district was disproportionately Asian, Latino, or, especially, African American, he or she was instead more likely to oppose the measure.