The Relationship between Religion & Political Orientation on Attitudes Toward Undocumented Immigrants

Religious orientation, political identity, and primed religious environments were identified as factors that would affect views about undocumented immigrants. Religious orientation did not relate. Conservative political ideology (r=-.26,p<.05) and those in non-religious primed environments (F=3.46,p<.05) had more negative attitudes towards undocumented Mexican immigrants.