Media coverage and local cooperation in immigration enforcement.
Public concern about immigrant criminality in the U.S. is reflected in news coverage of immigration, which tends to associate the topic with 'illegality' and crime. Although these media characterizations have increased in recent years as local policy action on immigration has intensified, little res...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 51; no. 13; pp. 3473 - 3501 |
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Aug2025
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