Avery, James. “Racial Threat and the Influence of Latino Turnout on State Immigration Policy”. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 98 (2). pp. 750-765

James Avery, Jeffery Fine, and Timothy Marquez wanted to find if there would be correlation with states passing more restrictive immigration policies with larger Latino populations compared to those with few Latinos in their state. This article is bringing forth data from 2009 to 2012 to examine the influence of Latino constituency and Latino electoral strength on the number of restrictive immigration laws enacted by U.S, state legislatures. They find correlation between states having larger Latino populations having more restrictive laws and policies passed, rather than those with fewer Latino populations. They also find a correlation with an electoral college with greater Latino representation leads to fewer and less restrictive policies and laws. Later, they show the positive effect of Latino mobilization, based on electoral influence, and ethnic composition of the state legislature. I find this to be relevant to my topic, because as much as the media has an influence on immigrants psychological state, so do the policies that directly concern them. I feel it might be useful to use this in my research, especially because it brings forth such great data supporting claims that more policies and laws are passed if there is a greater Latino population in states.