Brokering Immigrant Worker Rights
An Examination of Local Immigration Control, Administrative Capacity and Civil Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3628069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shannon Gleeson (0000-0002-0927-4089, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 470-492 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2014.921568 |
| OpenAlex | W1990878343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 32 |
We know a great deal about the clash between federal immigration and labour standards enforcement directives, but less regarding how these two processes are functioning at the local level and the role that demographic factors and civil society play. This article examines the impact of a climate of local immigration enforcement on worker legal mobilisation in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the USA. I focus on national origin discrimination and find that MSAs with a 287(g) agreement within their boundaries have lower claims rates. Conversely, claims rates are higher in MSAs where an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) agency is present. Interactive models suggest a positive dynamic of demographic insulation, whereby the negative effect of local immigration enforcement on claims-making is diminished in more heavily Latino immigrant places, and the negative impact of a larger Latino immigrant workforce is mitigated with the presence of an enforcement agency. Civil society has a positive impact on claims-making, but with no evidence that 287(g) MSAs with varying concentrations of civil society fare any better or worse. While previous research has concluded a positive impact of 501c(3) organisations on legal mobilisation, this more localised perspective reveals the continuing relevance of labour unions
Civil society · Commission · Demographic economics · Economics · Enforcement · Equal employment opportunity · Geography · Immigration · Immigration law · Metropolitan area · Political science · Sociology · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Public Administration
Migration, Resilience and Security
The dynamic and iterative pre‐dispute phase
Immigrant rights and social movements
Immigrant workers' movements in the U.S
On Resilience
Reshaping Migrant-Native Health Disparities
Foundations as “Amigos o Rebeldes”
Community, Identity, and Mobility of Eastern European Roma
Making noncitizens' rights real
Rights at work
Getting justice and getting even
Immigrant Workers, Precarious Work, and the US Labor Movement
Legitimacy, Social Identity, and the Mobilization of Law
How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Affect Unauthorized Immigrants
Mexican Inclusion
Spaces of Immigrant Advocacy and Liberal Democratic Citizenship
The Hollow Hope
There Is Abuse Everywhere
Worker Centers
Why Do (Some) City Police Departments Enforce Federal Immigration Law? Political, Demographic, and Organizational Influences on Local Choices
A Reappraisal of the State Sovereignty Debate
Worker Centers
A Multilayered Jurisdictional Patchwork
From Sheriff's Deputies to Immigration Officers
Immigration Enforcement Policies, the Economic Recession, and the Size of Local Mexican Immigrant Populations
The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes
Multiple Disadvantages
Equal Employment Opportunity and the Mobilization of Law
Situated Justice
Beyond Treatment and Impact
Immigration and the state
(G) and the Politics of Interior Immigration Control in the United States
Strengthening Labor Standards Enforcement through Partnerships with Workers' Organizations
The Strength of a Weak Agency
Legal Mobilization as a Social Movement Tactic
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |