Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther - 2017
Tougher immigration enforcement has been responsible for 1.8 million deportations between 2009 and 2013 alone, most of … them involving fathers and heads of household. We exploit the geographic and temporal variation in intensified enforcement … collateral damage of heightened enforcement on the families to which these children belong is well warranted. …