Republicans’ hard-line stance on immigration may alienate millennials for years

… The millennial generation is the most diverse adult generation in U.S. history. Hispanics make up 21 percent of all U.S. millennials. My research shows that this diversity contributes to their more progressive and tolerant attitudes toward immigration, compared with older adults.

In my book “The Politics of Millennials,” co-authored with Ashley Ross, we conducted a survey in late 2015 to gauge the generation’s attitudes toward immigrants. … Across a variety of measures, we found millennials to be significantly more favorable toward immigrants and immigration than older Americans. CONT.

Stella M. Rouse (U. of Maryland), Monkey Cage