How the State Criminalizes Immigrants and to What Effect: A Multidisciplinary Account

The recent salience of immigration as an issue has led to more restrictive policies toward immigrants in many settings. This special issue brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and presents a collection of articles that investigates the nature of immigration enforcement, examines the ac...

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Published inThe American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 63; no. 9; pp. 1159 - 1171
Main Authors Garip, Filiz, Gleeson, Shannon, Hall, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2019
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Summary:The recent salience of immigration as an issue has led to more restrictive policies toward immigrants in many settings. This special issue brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and presents a collection of articles that investigates the nature of immigration enforcement, examines the actors and institutions involved, and uncovers some of the consequences for immigrants and communities. This introductory article takes stock of the main findings and makes a case for future work to (a) include multiple sites and units of analysis, (b) consider the perspectives of on-the-ground enforcement agents, and (c) integrate the study of immigration enforcement to other subfields within and across disciplines.
ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381
DOI:10.1177/0002764219835253