The Politics of Refuge: Sanctuary Cities, Crime, and Undocumented Immigration

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 3-40

  O’Brien, Benjamin Gonzalez ^a   Collingwood, Loren ^b   El Khatib, Stephen Omar ^b  

^a Highline College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; Latino politics; sanctuary cities

Indexed keywords

CRIME; IMMIGRATION; POLICE FORCE; POLITICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85040752294     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087417704974     Document Type: Article

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