Welcoming cities: Immigration policy at the local government level

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-32

  Huang, Xi ^a,b   Liu, Cathy Yang ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration policy; Local government; Policy adoption; Welcoming cities

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85048589824     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087416678999     Document Type: Article

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