Sanctuary Cities: Public Attitudes Toward Enforcement Collaboration Between Local Police and Federal Immigration Authorities

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 32-64

  Casellas, Jason P ^a   Wallace, Sophia Jordán ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration; public attitudes; sanctuary cities

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 85047941738     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087418776115     Document Type: Article

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