using variation from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Our empirical approach compares trends in birth …

immigration enforcement initiatives across the United States, we evaluate the impact of a tougher policy environment on …

-based immigration enforcement policy, combined with data over 2005-2014 from the American Community Survey to estimate a difference …- experimental evidence on the labor market effects of immigration enforcement policies on citizens across the occupational skill … distribution, which is of paramount importance given the current immigration policy debates. …

. Little is known of what drives that growth. We propose that the expansion of interior immigration enforcement, a … characteristic of the U.S. immigration policy during that time span, might have contributed to this unique trend by pushing Mexican … immigrants into self-employment as an alternative livelihood. Exploiting temporal and geographic variation in immigration …

The past two decades have been characterized by an unprecedented increase in interior immigration enforcement and … immigration enforcement within U.S. counties. We find that intensified enforcement, especially during the third trimester … importance of current immigration policies in shaping the birth outcomes of many American children. …

This paper exploits the temporal and geographic variation in the implementation of local and state immigration … American Community Survey, we find that a one standard deviation increase in the intensity of immigration enforcement lowers … the sustainability of the welfare state and the spread-out embracement of a piece-meal approach to immigration enforcement …

intensified immigration enforcement, particularly among Mexican non-citizens. Exploiting the temporal and geographic variation in … the implementation of interior immigration enforcement from 2005 to 2017, we find that a one standard deviation increase …

the total effect of the enlargement into a "citizenship" effect due to (legal or illegal) migrants already present in …

Efforts to reform immigration are, at a minimum, delayed because of lack of support in the U.S. Congress. Attempts to … impose more restrictive measures are expected in the coming year. Whether new legislation is pro-immigration or anti-immigration …, it is important to understand the rules, quotas, and reality of the current employment-based immigration system if we are …