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Yes, but hostility towards one group of immigrants often bleeds over into hostility towards immigrants in general.

• mc32 10y ago
  That's definitely a problem. Civilians should not be in the business of meting out retribution, however just they may think it is. That said, I think if the US had a strict policy like any number of countries where you can presume 90%+ of immigrants are legal, people would treat immigrants much better knowing they didn't shortcut the system, they have government imprimatur and that they contribute to the economy and to other Americans' wellbeing.
• adiabatty 10y ago
  Can you show how, say, a hostility to uneducated Latin Americans would bleed over to upper-middle-class Chinese immigrants and their descendants?
  • mc32 10y ago
    It's less likely because professionals have a. different options when job pressures arise, b. usually opt for civil options to address shortcomings. So, by the nature of the demographics, the reaction to jobs pressures will be different. But... regardless, we should always proceed civilly and petition the gov't rather than lash out on a population, legal or not. For example, in England /UK we witness outlash toward Poles, despite their not being outwardly different, but for language. Again, lower classes feel undue labor pressure and take it out on working class immigrants.