Concerns about the deportation of friends or family members shape U.S.-born Latines’ feelings about U.S. immigration policy with implications for collective action for immigrants’ rights.

As citizens by birth, U.S.-born Latines are not subject to deportation. However, many have undocumented friends or family members who are. We examined whether concerns about the deportation of friends or family members shape U.S.-born Latines' feelings of anger and fear about U.S. immigration policy as well as identity conflict, variables associated with collective action for immigrants' rights.