Immigration Enforcement Policies, the Economic Recession, and the Size of Local Mexican Immigrant Populations

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ID5741350
AuthorsEmilio A Parrado (0000-0001-5179-6502, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume641
Issue1
Pages16-37
Publication date2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716211435353
OpenAlexW2109786559
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited6

This article relies on local area variation in immigration policies, specifically the local implementation of the 287(g) program, and economic conditions to estimate their impact on changes in the size of local Mexican immigrant populations between 2007 and 2009. The author also investigates the impact of the 287(g) program on the employment prospects of low-skilled native black and white workers. The study finds that outside of four influential outliers (Dallas, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Phoenix), there is no evidence that the 287(g) program impacted the size of the Mexican immigrant population. In addition, there is no evidence that immigration enforcement policies mitigated the negative impact of the economic recession on the native population, even in the four outliers where the program was strongly enforced. The author highlights the limited efficacy of immigration enforcement as a way to resolve the issue of the undocumented immigrant population and for altering the employment opportunities of native workers

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political science · Population · Recession · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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