In Recent Years, Some New State Immigration Laws Have Encouraged

Multiple Choice

In recent years, some new state immigration laws have encouraged enforcement officers to be suspicious of Latinos or Hispanics as illegal immigrants and have required them to ask for proof of citizenship when doing return traffic stops. This example of what is often called "racial profiling" would be explained by racial formation theory as

A) Class discrimination
B) Xenophobia
C) State-based racialization .
D) Good law enforcement
E) Neoconservatism