Sanctuary cities : the politics of refuge / Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190937058 (ebook) :Subject(s): United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
| Immigrants -- United States | Cities and towns -- United States | Urban policy -- United StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190937027DDC classification: 325.73 LOC classification: JV6483Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Sanctuary cities, or localities where officials are prohibited from inquiring into immigration status, have become a part of the broader debate on undocumented immigration in the United States. Despite the increasing amount of coverage sanctuary policies receive, the American public knows little about these policies. In this text, Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien delve into the history, media coverage, effects, and public opinion on these sanctuary policies in the hope of helping readers reach an informed decision regarding them.
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Also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sanctuary cities, or localities where officials are prohibited from inquiring into immigration status, have become a part of the broader debate on undocumented immigration in the United States. Despite the increasing amount of coverage sanctuary policies receive, the American public knows little about these policies. In this text, Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien delve into the history, media coverage, effects, and public opinion on these sanctuary policies in the hope of helping readers reach an informed decision regarding them.
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