All Politics Is Local? County Sheriffs and Localized Policies of Immigration Enforcement

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 142-154

  Farris, Emily M ^a   Holman, Mirya R ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

enforcement; immigrants; immigration; local; policy making; sheriffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012159487     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912916680035     Document Type: Article

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