Under President Obama, a record number of unauthorized immigrants have been deported from the United States. Within the country -- from state to state, city to city, police department to police department -- the enforcement of federal immigration policy also differs significantly.A new study in the Journal of Public Administration Research looks at possible factors contributing to why some city police departments are particularly stringent on enforcing immigration law. "Many assume that in places where the political climate runs against unauthorized immigrants — and where longer-standing community members perceive the 'threat' of encroachment by new arrivals — there is automatically a backlash, manifest through law enforcement crackdowns. But research suggests these dynamics are often complex," noted the report from Arizona State University and John Jay College-CUNY.Continue Reading... … Read More
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