Controversies have arisen about policies needed to handle illegal immigration.The claim has been made that many people who say they have no objection to immigration from Mexico so long as it is legal are really showing a bias against Mexican Americans.The best way to test this claim avoiding social desirability bias would be to have people who hold the belief that they object to illegal immigration but are not prejudiced against Mexican Americans take:

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The best way to test this claim would be to use the Implicit Association Test (IAT). The IAT is a measure of implicit biases and can reveal unconscious biases that a person may not even be aware of. It is considered to be a more objective measure than self-report measures, such as attitude questionnaires, which can be influenced by social desirability bias. A lie detector test would not be appropriate as it measures physiological responses and cannot detect biases directly. The Thematic Apperception Test is a projective personality test and not relevant for this research question.

Controversies Have Arisen About Policies Needed to Handle Illegal Immigration