Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines

by Monica W. Varsanyi, Doris Marie Provine, Paul G. Lewis, et al.

Book Overview

The United States deported nearly two million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the Obama presidency--more than during any previous administration. President Obama stands accused by activists of being "deporter in chief." Yet despite efforts to rebuild what many see as a broken system, the president has not yet been able to convince Congress to pass new immigration legislation, and his record remains rooted in a political landscape...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022636318X
• ISBN13: 9780226363189
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"