Table 2.
PCA results
| Component | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Detainment process | Reasons for border crossing | Seeking asylum over law breaking | Illegality of border crossing | Punishment | |||||
| λ = 2.36, 4.45% variance | λ = 2.14, 4.04% variance | λ = 2.10, 3.96% variance | λ = 2.02, 3.81% variance | λ = 1.99, 3.76% variance | |||||
| Word | Loading | Word | Loading | Word | Loading | Word | Loading | Word | Loading |
| Child | 0.828 | Better | 0.742 | Asylum | 0.608 | Cross | 0.624 | Enter | 0.398 |
| Parent | 0.822 | Life | 0.723 | Seek | 0.530 | Illegally | 0.615 | USA | 0.335 |
| Separate | 0.738 | Live | 0.391 | Process | 0.301 | Border | 0.577 | Harsh | 0.268 |
| Consequence | 0.244 | People | 0.303 | Allow | 0.279 | Month | 0.398 | Punish | 0.235 |
| Policy | 0.226 | Border | 0.234 | Give | 0.261 | Crime | 0.270 | America | 0.229 |
| Cross | 0.231 | Country | 0.257 | Enter | 0.261 | Day | −0.253 | ||
| Illegal | −0.217 | Family | 0.257 | Country | 0.247 | Deport | −0.265 | ||
| Immigration | −0.224 | Punishment | −0.281 | Consequence | 0.245 | Spend | −0.427 | ||
| Allow | −0.224 | Law | −0.512 | Sentence | 0.239 | Time | −0.543 | ||
| Legal | −0.298 | Break | −0.518 | Jail | −0.596 | ||||
Items are arranged in descending order. The top 10 items based on factor-loading magnitude are displayed.