Drawing on two online studies among predominantly U.S.-born and lawful permanent resident Latinxs, we developed a self-report scale intended to capture how discrimination related to perceived legal status, as well as perceptions of racial/ethnic marginalization of Latinxs in U.S. society, are experienced among a wide swath of the Latinx population. We also explore how these processes may be associated with psychological distress in this population. In line with the immigration scholarship that has identified a spillover effect of immigration enforcement and the racialization of legal status beyond the undocumented population, our exploratory factor analysis results from Study I (N = 355 Latinxs) collected in fall of 2013 revealed four factors among our study population: Fear of Deportation, Marginalization of Latinxs in U.S. Society, Marginalization Due to Perceived Illegality, and Fear Due to Perceived Illegality. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis from a separate study conducted in spring of 2016 (Study II; N = 295 Latinxs) provided evidence in support of the structure identified in Study I. Results also revealed evidence of the association between the Stigma of Illegality and Marginalization of Latinxs (SIML) subscales and psychological distress, measured as anxiety and depression. Implications of these findings are discussed.

借鉴美国出生和合法永久居民拉丁裔的两项在线研究，我们开发了一个自我报告量表，旨在捕捉与感知的法律地位相关的歧视，以及美国社会对拉丁裔种族/民族边缘化的看法，在广大拉丁裔人群中经历过。我们还探讨了这些过程如何与该人群的心理困扰有关。与确定移民执法的溢出效应和无证人口以外的合法身份种族化的移民奖学金一致，我们在 2013 年秋季收集的研究 I（N = 355 拉丁裔）的探索性因素分析结果揭示了我们的四个因素研究人群：害怕被驱逐出境，美国社会中拉丁裔的边缘化，由于感知到的非法而被边缘化，以及由于感知到的非法而产生的恐惧。2016 年春季进行的另一项研究（研究 II；N = 295 拉丁裔）的验证性因素分析结果提供了支持研究 I 中确定的结构的证据。结果还揭示了非法耻辱与边缘化之间关联的证据拉丁语(SIML) 分量表和心理困扰，以焦虑和抑郁来衡量。讨论了这些发现的含义。