On the Effectiveness of SB1070 in Arizona

We investigate the effectiveness of Arizona's omnibus immigration law SB1070, which made it a misdemeanor crime for an alien to not carry proper documentation and asked police to determine the immigration status of any person suspected of being an illegal alien during a lawful stop. We find that SB1070's enactment coincided with the stalling to slight recovery of the share of non-citizen Hispanics in Arizona three years after the enactment of an employment verification mandate to all employers. Yet, its effectiveness in reducing the share of likely unauthorized immigrants has been minimal and questions the merit of the law.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina ; Bansak, Cynthia ; Zebedee, Allan A.
Publisher:	London : Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London

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Series:	CReAM Discussion Paper Series ; 24/14
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	RePEc:crm:wpaper:1424 [RePEc]
Classification:	F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	EconStor

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