projects

Religious Sermons and Support for the Sanctuary Movement

For this project, I examine the relationship between hearing sermons on immigration and support for the Sanctuary Movement. I rely upon the 2020/2021 National Politics Study (NPS) data that assessed respondents’ views on immigration. My project results show that whites, blacks, and Hispanics that hear sermons about immigration are more likely to support the sanctuary movement. However, these analyses also seem to suggest that this relationship is stronger among Whites than it is for Blacks and Hispanics.