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The relationship between sanctuary policies and crime rates in various jurisdictions, including the impact on local economies and health-related reporting.
limit or condition local cooperation with federal —most often by refusing detainer requests, limiting information-sharing, or barring local arrests for civil immigration violations—which can reduce th...
A growing body of empirical research finds that do not increase crime and in many studies are associated with equal or lower rates of violent and property crime compared with non‑sanctuary jurisdictio...
A substantial body of peer‑reviewed and policy research finds that declared sanctuary jurisdictions do not produce higher crime rates and, in many analyses, are associated with unchanged or lower crim...
The preponderance of peer-reviewed research and major policy analyses finds that do not increase crime and in many studies are associated with equal or lower crime rates and in jurisdictions that adop...
—local rules that limit cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement—consistently correlate with higher levels of trust and greater willingness among immigrants to report crimes, and the pre...
Multiple peer-reviewed and policy studies converge on two empirical findings: substantially reduce deportations—particularly of nonviolent and nonconvicted immigrants—while producing no detectable inc...
paper published in PNAS ( 2020) finds that local implemented 2010–2015 significantly reduced overall—about one-third for people fingerprinted by local authorities—while sharply cutting deportations of...
A substantial and growing body of empirical research finds no evidence that increase overall crime—and in many studies they are associated with lower crime, stronger local economies, and improved heal...
Independent empirical studies generally find that —broadly defined as local limitations on cooperating with federal immigration detainer requests—do not increase crime and in many cases are associated...
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...