This article focuses on the immigration-related demands currently being placed on local police in the United States and the emergence of what we call a “multilayered jurisdictional patchwork” (MJP) of immigration enforcement. We report results from nationwide surveys of city police chiefs and county sheriffs and intensive fieldwork in three jurisdictions. The enforcement landscape we describe is complicated by the varying and overlapping responsibilities of sheriffs and city police, and by the tendency for sheriffs to maintain closer relationships with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of the MJP—for immigrants, for their communities, and for the evolving relationship between levels of government in the federal system.
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- A Multilayered Jurisdictional Patchwork: Immigration Federalism in the United States
- Varsanyi, Monica W. (Author)
- Lewis, Paul (Author)
- Provine, Doris (Author)
- Decker, Scott (Author)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2011.00356.x
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value0265-8240
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1467-9930
- This is the peer reviewed version of the above-titled article, which has been published in final form in Law & Policy, vol. 34, no. 2 (2012), pp. 138-158, at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9930.2011.00356.x/full. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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Varsanyi, M. W., Lewis, P. G., Provine, D. M., & Decker, S. (2011). A Multilayered Jurisdictional Patchwork: Immigration Federalism in the United States. Law & Policy, 34(2), 138-158. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9930.2011.00356.x