Not Like Us
Overview
Groups
Primary Groups
Immigrants General
(61,456)
Refugees
(26,364)
Undocumented Immigrants
(24,742)
Specific Other
(15,367)
Jewish
(9,798)
Naturalized Citizens
(4,730)
Chinese
(3,964)
Mexican
(3,212)
Asian
(1,959)
European
(1,765)
Italian
(1,620)
Latin American
(1,577)
Irish
(1,237)
Polish
(960)
German
(936)
African
(308)
Middle Eastern
(275)
Slavic
(230)
Subgroups
Soviet Jew
(4,972)
Cuban
(1,602)
Dreamer
(1,473)
Haitian
(931)
Armenian
(930)
Vietnamese
(819)
Japanese
(803)
Lithuanian
(766)
Hispanic
(725)
Afghan
(597)
Syrian
(520)
Greek
(491)
Arab
(464)
Hungarian
(461)
Greek Cypriot
(448)
Ukrainian
(400)
Palestinian
(376)
Cambodian
(350)
Indochinese
(341)
Filipino
(340)
Salvadoran
(290)
Iraqi
(254)
Russian
(222)
Korean
(193)
Baltic
(181)
Hmong
(174)
Nicaraguan
(170)
Kurdish
(162)
Romanian
(157)
Lebanese
(140)
North Korean
(139)
Indian
(131)
Estonian
(128)
Iranian
(124)
Puerto Rican
(124)
Venezuelan
(124)
Portuguese
(113)
Syrian Jew
(111)
South Vietnamese
(109)
Liberian
(108)
Muslim
(108)
Kosovar
(104)
Norwegian
(99)
Bosnian
(96)
Burmese
(89)
Southeast Asian
(87)
Sudanese
(86)
Tibetan
(83)
Asian Pacific
(81)
Canadian
(77)
Ethiopian Jew
(77)
Somali
(66)
Catholic
(59)
Guatemalan
(57)
Framing
Legal / procedural
(91,251)
Humanitarian
(47,828)
Economic contributor
(25,398)
Security threat
(22,599)
Victim
(21,777)
Economic threat
(20,945)
Cultural enrichment
(9,497)
Family values
(9,239)
Criminal
(9,020)
Cultural threat
(4,151)
Sessions
#43 · 1873–75
(276)
#44 · 1875–77
(254)
#45 · 1877–79
(371)
#46 · 1879–81
(464)
#47 · 1881–83
(996)
#48 · 1883–85
(390)
#49 · 1885–87
(290)
#50 · 1887–89
(906)
#51 · 1889–91
(738)
#52 · 1891–93
(487)
#53 · 1893–95
(917)
#54 · 1895–97
(593)
#55 · 1897–99
(538)
#56 · 1899–1901
(364)
#57 · 1901–03
(956)
#58 · 1903–05
(302)
#59 · 1905–07
(1,072)
#60 · 1907–09
(487)
#61 · 1909–11
(529)
#62 · 1911–13
(1,146)
#63 · 1913–15
(1,859)
#64 · 1915–17
(1,164)
#65 · 1917–19
(680)
#66 · 1919–21
(1,225)
#67 · 1921–23
(1,151)
#68 · 1923–25
(1,840)
#69 · 1925–27
(635)
#70 · 1927–29
(672)
#71 · 1929–31
(1,438)
#72 · 1931–33
(581)
#73 · 1933–35
(344)
#74 · 1935–37
(777)
#75 · 1937–39
(615)
#76 · 1939–41
(1,261)
#77 · 1941–43
(584)
#78 · 1943–45
(794)
#79 · 1945–47
(732)
#80 · 1947–49
(1,077)
#81 · 1949–51
(1,755)
#82 · 1951–53
(1,689)
#83 · 1953–55
(1,641)
#84 · 1955–57
(1,708)
#85 · 1957–59
(1,820)
#86 · 1959–61
(1,545)
#87 · 1961–63
(2,336)
#88 · 1963–65
(2,059)
#89 · 1965–67
(3,161)
#90 · 1967–69
(1,787)
#91 · 1969–71
(1,792)
#92 · 1971–73
(2,776)
#93 · 1973–75
(2,774)
#94 · 1975–77
(3,086)
#95 · 1977–79
(2,721)
#96 · 1979–81
(3,989)
#97 · 1981–83
(4,175)
#98 · 1983–85
(4,887)
#99 · 1985–87
(5,354)
#100 · 1987–89
(4,367)
#101 · 1989–91
(4,111)
#102 · 1991–93
(3,660)
#103 · 1993–95
(4,209)
#104 · 1995–97
(4,940)
#105 · 1997–99
(3,732)
#106 · 1999–2001
(3,976)
#107 · 2001–03
(3,933)
#108 · 2003–05
(4,003)
#109 · 2005–07
(7,964)
#110 · 2007–09
(6,134)
#111 · 2009–11
(3,741)
#112 · 2011–13
(2,900)
#113 · 2013–15
(6,775)
#114 · 2015–17
(4,334)
#115 · 2017–19
(5,797)
#116 · 2019–21
(4,468)
#117 · 2021–23
(4,025)
#118 · 2023–25
(5,213)
Speakers
Narratives
States
Alabama
(3,760)
Alaska
(378)
American Samoa
(74)
Arizona
(2,729)
Arkansas
(815)
California
(13,255)
Colorado
(3,292)
Connecticut
(2,166)
Delaware
(777)
District of Columbia
(91)
Florida
(5,115)
Georgia
(2,255)
Guam
(150)
Hawaii
(1,141)
Idaho
(911)
Illinois
(7,813)
Indiana
(1,829)
Iowa
(3,082)
Kansas
(1,441)
Kentucky
(2,186)
Louisiana
(1,479)
Maine
(866)
Maryland
(2,484)
Massachusetts
(6,706)
Michigan
(3,502)
Minnesota
(3,036)
Mississippi
(1,472)
Missouri
(1,897)
Montana
(695)
Nebraska
(979)
Nevada
(1,790)
New Hampshire
(1,052)
New Jersey
(3,880)
New Mexico
(1,249)
New York
(12,775)
North Carolina
(2,171)
North Dakota
(1,049)
Ohio
(3,811)
Oklahoma
(1,167)
Oregon
(1,805)
Pennsylvania
(4,319)
Puerto Rico
(71)
Rhode Island
(1,258)
South Carolina
(1,456)
South Dakota
(948)
Tennessee
(2,003)
Texas
(10,502)
Utah
(1,745)
Vermont
(2,096)
Virgin Islands
(108)
Virginia
(1,659)
Washington
(2,095)
West Virginia
(1,376)
Wisconsin
(2,820)
Wyoming
(1,634)
About
State
Washington
2,095 immigration mentions from WA legislators across 74 sessions
← Overview
Sentiment over time
Negative and positive sentiment % among immigration mentions from Washington legislators
Smooth
Stereotyping rate
Share of immigration mentions flagged for stereotyping, from Washington legislators
Smooth
Target groups over time
Most-referenced immigrant groups by Washington legislators, per session
Smooth
Immigrants General
Refugees
Undocumented Immigrants
Specific Other
Chinese
Jewish
Naturalized Citizens
Asian
Mexican
European
Latin American
Italian
German
Irish
Middle Eastern
Polish
African
Framing categories over time
Rhetorical framing of immigration mentions from Washington legislators
Smooth
Legal / procedural
Humanitarian
Economic contributor
Security threat
Economic threat
Victim
Criminal
Family values
Cultural enrichment
Cultural threat
economic_enrichment
Mention volume
Total immigration mentions from Washington legislators, per session