On the Intended and Unintended Consequences of Enhanced U.S. Border and Interior Immigration Enforcement: Evidence From Mexican Deportees

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2255-2279

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   Pozo, Susan ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border enforcement; Deportation; Interior enforcement; Remigration intentions; Treatment of deportees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MEXICO; POLICY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84916230624     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0340-7     Document Type: Article

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