Violent Crime and the Long Shadow of Immigration Enforcement

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10071697
AutoresC Ambrosius (0000-0003-2082-6822, Freie Universität Berlin, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume69
Fascículo1
Páginas74-99
Data de publicação2024-05-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220027241253511
OpenAlexW4396951541
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas38

This research highlights a neglected paradox of migration policies: whereas narratives on migrants as a security threat in their countries of destination find little support in empirical studies, forcing migrants to return may increase violence and crime back home. Using migrants’ exposure to deportation threats at destination as an exogenous source of identification, this paper traces the long shadow of immigration enforcement on violent crime in Mexico, recipient of more than 3.5 million deportees from the US over the period 2000–2015. Enforced return is associated with more homicides and a stronger presence of cartels in migrants’ municipalities of origin, as well as a higher sense of insecurity among the population and a higher probability of being assaulted. Identifying these local effects of enforced return are a first step towards unpacking the various direct and indirect channels through which immigration enforcement generates unintended negative outcomes in migrants’ communities of origin

Criminology · Enforcement · Immigration · Law enforcement · Political science · Shadow (psychology · Violent crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues