Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hoekstra, Mark; Orozco-Aleman, Sandra
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mississippi State University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150100
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 228-252
• 关键词: discrimination; ENFORCEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; earnings; arizona; workers; reduce; REFORM

摘要

A critical immigration policy question is whether state and federal policy can deter undocumented workers from entering the United States. We examine whether Arizona SB 1070, arguably the most restrictive and controversial state immigration law ever passed, deterred entry into Arizona. We do so by exploiting a unique dataset from a survey of undocumented workers passing through Mexican border towns on their way to the United States. Results indicate the bill's passage reduced the flow of undocumented immigrants into Arizona by 30 to 70 percent, suggesting that undocumented workers from Mexico are responsive to changes in state immigration policy.