Author: Bryan Roberts
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN: 0876095562
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade alongside an enormous increase in government activities to prevent illegal immigration, there remains little understanding of the role enforcement has played. Better data and analyses to assist lawmakers in crafting more successful policies and to support administration officials in implementing these policies are long overdue.
Managing Illegal Immigration to the United States
Author: Bryan Roberts
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN: 0876095562
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade alongside an enormous increase in government activities to prevent illegal immigration, there remains little understanding of the role enforcement has played. Better data and analyses to assist lawmakers in crafting more successful policies and to support administration officials in implementing these policies are long overdue.
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN: 0876095562
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade alongside an enormous increase in government activities to prevent illegal immigration, there remains little understanding of the role enforcement has played. Better data and analyses to assist lawmakers in crafting more successful policies and to support administration officials in implementing these policies are long overdue.
The Effects of Enforcement on the Flow of Illegal Immigration
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Between 2004 and 2012, United States Border Patrol (USBP) apprehensions of Mexican nationals along the US-Mexico border declined to numbers not seen since the early 1970s. Scholars and immigration experts have attempted to explain the current declines by looking at the same three factors that have historically been associated with causing the rise in illegal Mexican migration: immigration policy changes in the United States, demographic changes in Mexico, and economic factors in Mexico and the United States. In addition, scholars and immigration experts have continued to dismiss border enforcement as a possible explanatory variable, despite specific findings in much of their own research suggesting otherwise. I analyze the three historic causes of illegal Mexican migration and argue that they in fact could not have been responsible for the decline in USBP Mexican apprehensions since the mid-2000s. I found that while there have been some changes within these three factors; the changes have not been significant enough to cause a 40-year low in Southwest Border Mexican apprehensions. More importantly, I found that the only other factor that could have reduced illegal Mexican migration has been border enforcement. In fact, it is the only factor that has seen a significant change. The exponential increases in Southwest Border enforcement efforts since the mid-2000s, and the simultaneous decline in Mexican apprehensions along the US-Mexico border, suggests that border enforcement is the principal factor responsible for the historic drop in illegal Mexican migration.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Between 2004 and 2012, United States Border Patrol (USBP) apprehensions of Mexican nationals along the US-Mexico border declined to numbers not seen since the early 1970s. Scholars and immigration experts have attempted to explain the current declines by looking at the same three factors that have historically been associated with causing the rise in illegal Mexican migration: immigration policy changes in the United States, demographic changes in Mexico, and economic factors in Mexico and the United States. In addition, scholars and immigration experts have continued to dismiss border enforcement as a possible explanatory variable, despite specific findings in much of their own research suggesting otherwise. I analyze the three historic causes of illegal Mexican migration and argue that they in fact could not have been responsible for the decline in USBP Mexican apprehensions since the mid-2000s. I found that while there have been some changes within these three factors; the changes have not been significant enough to cause a 40-year low in Southwest Border Mexican apprehensions. More importantly, I found that the only other factor that could have reduced illegal Mexican migration has been border enforcement. In fact, it is the only factor that has seen a significant change. The exponential increases in Southwest Border enforcement efforts since the mid-2000s, and the simultaneous decline in Mexican apprehensions along the US-Mexico border, suggests that border enforcement is the principal factor responsible for the historic drop in illegal Mexican migration.
Enforcing Immigration Law at the State and Local Levels
Author: Jessica Saunders
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833052853
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Almost 12 million out-of-status aliens currently reside in the United States, and it is estimated that it will take 15 years and more than $5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement to apprehend just the current backlog of absconders. One proposed solution to this enforcement problem is for federal agencies to partner with state and local law-enforcement agencies to apprehend and deport fugitive aliens. Currently, the federal government does not require state and local agencies to carry out specific immigration enforcement actions; however, comprehensive immigration reform may address this issue in the near future. Before such legislation is drafted and considered, it is important to understand all the potential impacts of a policy incorporating immigration enforcement by nonfederal entities. As there is very limited evidence about the effects of involving state and local law enforcement in immigration enforcement duties, the authors seek to clarify the needs and concerns of key stakeholders by describing variations in enforcement approaches and making their pros and cons more explicit. They also suggest areas for research to add empirical evidence to the largely anecdotal accounts that now characterize discussions of the involvement of state and local law enforcement in immigration enforcement efforts.
Publisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833052853
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Almost 12 million out-of-status aliens currently reside in the United States, and it is estimated that it will take 15 years and more than $5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement to apprehend just the current backlog of absconders. One proposed solution to this enforcement problem is for federal agencies to partner with state and local law-enforcement agencies to apprehend and deport fugitive aliens. Currently, the federal government does not require state and local agencies to carry out specific immigration enforcement actions; however, comprehensive immigration reform may address this issue in the near future. Before such legislation is drafted and considered, it is important to understand all the potential impacts of a policy incorporating immigration enforcement by nonfederal entities. As there is very limited evidence about the effects of involving state and local law enforcement in immigration enforcement duties, the authors seek to clarify the needs and concerns of key stakeholders by describing variations in enforcement approaches and making their pros and cons more explicit. They also suggest areas for research to add empirical evidence to the largely anecdotal accounts that now characterize discussions of the involvement of state and local law enforcement in immigration enforcement efforts.
Why Illegal Migration?
Author: Alejandro Portes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegal aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Discusses illegal migration into the United States, based on structural theory.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegal aliens
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Discusses illegal migration into the United States, based on structural theory.
Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest
Author: John Foster Dulles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309264251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing and managing the nation's borders. Over the past decade, DHS has dramatically stepped up its enforcement efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the number of U.S. Border patrol (USBP) agents, expanding the deployment of technological assets, and implementing a variety of "consequence programs" intended to deter illegal immigration. During this same period, there has also been a sharp decline in the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended at the border. Trends in total apprehensions do not, however, by themselves speak to the effectiveness of DHS's investments in immigration enforcement. In particular, to evaluate whether heightened enforcement efforts have contributed to reducing the flow of undocumented migrants, it is critical to estimate the number of border-crossing attempts during the same period for which apprehensions data are available. With these issues in mind, DHS charged the National Research Council (NRC) with providing guidance on the use of surveys and other methodologies to estimate the number of unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, preferably by geographic region and on a quarterly basis. Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border focuses on Mexican migrants since Mexican nationals account for the vast majority (around 90 percent) of attempted unauthorized border crossings across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309264251
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing and managing the nation's borders. Over the past decade, DHS has dramatically stepped up its enforcement efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the number of U.S. Border patrol (USBP) agents, expanding the deployment of technological assets, and implementing a variety of "consequence programs" intended to deter illegal immigration. During this same period, there has also been a sharp decline in the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended at the border. Trends in total apprehensions do not, however, by themselves speak to the effectiveness of DHS's investments in immigration enforcement. In particular, to evaluate whether heightened enforcement efforts have contributed to reducing the flow of undocumented migrants, it is critical to estimate the number of border-crossing attempts during the same period for which apprehensions data are available. With these issues in mind, DHS charged the National Research Council (NRC) with providing guidance on the use of surveys and other methodologies to estimate the number of unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, preferably by geographic region and on a quarterly basis. Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border focuses on Mexican migrants since Mexican nationals account for the vast majority (around 90 percent) of attempted unauthorized border crossings across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest
Author: John F. Dulles
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788171976
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788171976
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Opening and Closing the Doors
Author: Frank D. Bean
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
ISBN: 9780877664291
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
ISBN: 9780877664291
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Controlling the Flow of Illegal Immigration at U.S. Land Borders
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture Subcommittee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
How Illegal Immigration Impacts Constituencies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign workers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign workers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description