Immigration Enforcement, Policing, and Crime
Immigration Enforcement, Policing, and Crime
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移民执法、治安和犯罪
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发表时间：
2014
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通讯作者：
Charles E. Loeffler
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作者：
Elina Treyger;Aaron Chalfin;Charles E. Loeffler
研究综述
2008年，联邦政府推出了“安全社区”计划，该计划要求地方执法机构与联邦移民官员分享被捕者信息。我们采用了安全社区的交错激活，以检查该计划是否对犯罪或当地警察的行为有影响。该计划的支持者认为，它通过促进驱逐犯罪外国人来加强公共安全。批评人士担心，这将鼓励歧视性的警务。我们几乎没有发现该计划最雄心勃勃的承诺或批评者最担心的证据。
政策影响
尽管大量证据表明，市政警察可以对犯罪产生明显的影响，但让地方警察参与联邦移民执法似乎并不能提供可衡量的公共安全好处。通过安全社区被驱逐的非公民即使在没有该计划的情况下也会丧失能力，或者不会对社区安全构成可识别的风险。
Research Summary
In 2008, the federal government introduced “Secure Communities,” a program that requires local law enforcement agencies to share arrestee information with federal immigration officials. We employed the staggered activation of Secure Communities to examine whether this program has an effect on crime or the behavior of local police. Supporters of the program argue that it enhances public safety by facilitating the removal of criminal aliens. Critics worry that it will encourage discriminatory policing. We found little evidence for the most ambitious promises of the program or for its critics’ greatest fears.
Policy Implications
Although a large body of evidence reports that municipal police can have an appreciable effect on crime, involving local police in federal immigration enforcement does not seem to offer measurable public safety benefits. Noncitizens removed through Secure Communities either would have been incapacitated even in the absence of the program or do not pose an identifiable risk to community safety.