In this article, we build on qualitative data from 37 in-depth interviews with Venezuelan immigrants in Chile, collected in 2017 and 2018, to explore how they make sense of sudden immigration policy changes made by the Sebastián Piñera government in mid-2018. Linked to these perceptions, we explore our interviewees’ attitudes towards other immigrant groups. We contend that, while immigrant participation in policymaking often is a normatively desired form of inclusion, immigrant perceptions of other immigrants and of immigration policy are not uniform. We find that immigrants can have very negative perceptions of other immigrants, favouring restrictive policies. Immigrants influence the contexts of reception for newcomers, and—in the case of Chile—they have voting and political rights that places them in a position of casting some influence over immigration policies. Studying the Venezuelan case is particularly illuminating, as this immigration was considered a desirable or acceptable immigration.

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移民如何看待移民政策？在智利采访委内瑞拉人的见解

在本文中，我们基于 2017 年和 2018 年收集的对智利委内瑞拉移民的 37 次深度访谈的定性数据，探讨他们如何理解塞巴斯蒂安·皮涅拉政府在 2018 年年中做出的突然移民政策变化。与这些看法相关，我们探讨了受访者对其他移民群体的态度。我们认为，虽然移民参与政策制定通常是一种规范的包容形式，但移民对其他移民和移民政策的看法并不统一。我们发现移民可能对其他移民有非常负面的看法，倾向于限制性政策。移民影响新移民的接待环境，而且——就智利而言——他们拥有投票权和政治权利，这使他们能够对移民政策施加一些影响。研究委内瑞拉的案例尤其具有启发性，因为这种移民被认为是理想的或可接受的移民。