Citation

Kent SL, Carmichael JT. Sociol. Inq. 2017; 87(3): 421-448.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Alpha Kappa Delta, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/soin.12155

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The devolution of immigration law has increased local police involvement in the enforcement of federal immigration law. But only some departments have responded by implementing policies that restrict their officers' involvement in order to protect residents from overzealous policing. We test theories of economic and ethnic threat to explore the structural characteristics of cities that explain this variation. Multiple regression results show that the most unequal cities that have large Hispanic populations are less likely to have a policy. Hispanic white segregation and high unemployment also reduce the likelihood of policy implementation. We discuss theoretical and policy implications.

Language: en