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The disproportionate impact of immigration enforcement on Latino communities.
The principal federal agencies that carried out immigration enforcement before the creation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2003 were the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I...
The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act () dramatically reshaped immigration enforcement by expanding grounds for removal, speeding deportation procedures, and empowering ...
Enforcement priorities from the federal executive have repeatedly reshaped whether and how local police cooperate with ICE: when Washington prioritized interior removals, it pressured—and sometimes su...
If birthright rules were changed to deny or limit jus soli, state governments would be squeezed between constitutional limits on federal power and practical responsibilities for births and benefits—ex...
The best-available, peer-reviewed work finds little to no evidence that sanctuary or inclusive local immigration policies increase crime; several studies report null effects or small declines in certa...
Unauthorized entry and unlawful presence are governed by two different tracks of U.S. law: unlawful presence is principally a civil immigration violation that risks removal and re-entry bars, while ce...