Panel:
Immigration Enforcement and Immigrant Integration at the State and Local Level
(Population and Migration Issues)
Saturday, November 4, 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Ogden (Hyatt Regency Chicago)
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
Panel Organizers: Tom K. Wong, University of California, San Diego
Panel Chairs: Christine Thurlow Brenner, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Discussants: Christine Thurlow Brenner, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Chris Newman, National Day Labor Organizing Network
States and localities have emerged as central actors in immigration enforcement and immigrant integration since 2000. Indeed, scholars such as Cristina Rodriguez (Yale Law School) have noted that there are two strands of immigration federalism that have emerged in recent decades: enforcement federalism and integration federalism. This panel brings together leading scholars in the field of immigration federalism, with discussion by scholars as well as policy practitioners. First, Professor Tom Wong analyzes
data obtained via a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to gauge the determinants and effects of sanctuary policies across all counties in the United States. Next, Professor Els De Graauw analyzes the growing number of city immigrant affairs offices created across the country in recent years to tackle immigrant integration, asking how they were created and institutionalized, and assessing what they have been able to accomplish and what challenges remain. Finally, Professors Colbern and Ramakrishnan examine the extent to which state-level immigration laws are creating a new form of de-facto citizenship in the United States, with certain rights and benefits that exceed those found at the national level.
