Fiscal federalism and the politics of immigration: Centralized and decentralized immigration policies in Canada and the United States

Boushey, Graeme; Luedtke, Adam

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“…As noted above, we subset our corpus to the 150 sanctuary bills introduced in 2017. Following Boushey and Luedtke () and Boushey and Luedtke (), we separate our sanctuary legislation analysis into two types: policies designed to punish immigrants (anti‐sanctuary legislation), and policies designed to integrate immigrants (pro‐sanctuary legislation). As noted previously, we then read and coded each bill as either pro‐sanctuary or anti‐sanctuary; this variable serves as our dependent variable in our regression analyses…”

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“…In recent years, states have been grappling with how to address the problem of undocumented immigration in the context of federal inaction on comprehensive immigration reform (Boushey & Luedtke, ; Gulasekaram & Ramakrishnan, ; Ramakrishnan & Gulasekaram, ). The literature on state‐level immigration policy has focused on various drivers of policy enactment for both restrictive and inclusive immigration policies (Boushey & Luedtke, ; Chavez & Provine, ; Commins & Wills, ; Creek & Yoder, ; Filindra, ; Marquez & Schraufnagel, ; Monogan, ; Nicholson‐Crotty & Nicholson‐Crotty, ; Ramakrishnan & Gulasekaram, ; Wallace, ; Ybarra, Sanchez, & Sanchez, ; Zingher, ). Some work has also looked at the role of interest groups and policy entrepreneurs in driving the enactment of various types of immigration‐related legislation (Butz & Kehrberg, ; Facchini, Mayda, & Mishra, ; Gulasekaram & Ramakrishnan, ).…”

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Sustained Organizational Influence: American Legislative Exchange Council and the Diffusion of Anti‐Sanctuary Policy

Collingwood

El‐Khatib

O’Brien

2018

Policy Studies Journal

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Building upon existing literature, we offer a particular model of network policy diffusion—which we call sustained organizational influence. Sustained organizational influence necessitates an institutional focus across a broad range of issues and across a long period of time. Sustaining organizations are well‐financed, and exert their influence on legislators through benefits, shared ideological interests, and time‐saving opportunities. Sustaining organizations' centralized nature makes legislators' jobs easier by providing legislators with ready‐made model legislation. We argue that sustaining organizations uniquely contribute to policy diffusion in the U.S. states. We evaluate this model with a case study of state‐level immigration sanctuary policy making and the role that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) played in disseminating model legislation. Through quantitative text analysis and several negative binomial state‐level regression models, we demonstrate that ALEC has exerted an overwhelming influence on the introduction of anti‐sanctuary legislative proposals in the U.S. states over the past 7 years consistent with our particular model of network policy diffusion. Implications are discussed.

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Sustained Organizational Influence: American Legislative Exchange Council and the Diffusion of Anti‐Sanctuary Policy

Collingwood

El‐Khatib

O’Brien

2018

Policy Studies Journal

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“…). However, economic conditions do not explain the variation in anti‐immigrant policies among states (Boushey and Luedtke ; Newman et al . ) or counties (Hopkins ; Ramakrishnan and Wong ).…”

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“…The passage of Proposition 187 that prohibited unauthorized immigrants from using health care, public education, and other social services was attributed to the 1994 recession that hit California particularly hard (Alvarez and Butterfield 2000;Citrin et al 1997). However, economic conditions do not explain the variation in anti-immigrant policies among states (Boushey and Luedtke 2006;Newman et al 2012) or counties (Hopkins 2010;Ramakrishnan and Wong 2010). Rather, a political actor is required who defines immigrants as the cause of the economic downturn (Tichenor 2002).…”

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From Progressive Pioneer to Nativist Crackdown: The Transformation of Immigrant Policy in Oklahoma

Sharry

2012

Politics & Policy

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In the absence of comprehensive national immigration legislation, the debate over immigration has devolved to the states. Scholars have studied why states adopt punitive policies toward immigrants and why states differ in their treatment of immigrants. However, none has sought to analyze the transformation from an integration to a punitive policy regime. From 1996 to 2005, Oklahoma pursued an integration police regime designed to welcome immigrants and promote their social integration. In 2007, Oklahoma reversed its stance and has since pursued a punitive policy regime designed to make life difficult for unauthorized immigrants and to encourage them to leave. We contend that a longitudinal analysis of immigrant policy making within a single state provides a richer and more dynamic understanding of the interplay of state political institutions, societal interests, policy narratives, and the national political environment in making policy than analyzing the differences between states at a single point in time. Related Articles Related Media MichaelCamerini, and ShariRobertson. 2010. “The Senators' Bargain.” How Democracy Works Now: HBO. http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the‐senators‐bargain/index.html KariHuus. “Turmoil in Tulsa: The illegal immigration wreck.” MSNBC . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19466978/#.UGYjUU3A8rW Websites: by Watch‐ImmigrationOklahoma. . The Oklahoman: Newsok.com. http://newsok.com/oklahoma‐watch/immigration/ Tulsa World. . “Faces of Immigration.” http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/continuingcoverage/default.aspx/Faces_of_Immigration/32 Ante la ausencia de una reforma inmigratoria comprehensiva a nivel nacional, el debate sobre la inmigración ha tomado lugar en los estados. Académicos han estudiado el por qué los estados adoptan políticas punitivas hacia los inmigrantes así como por qué los estados difieren en su tratamiento hacia los inmigrantes. Sin embargo, ninguno se ha dado a la tarea de analizar por qué estados que inicialmente están abiertos a la inmigración posteriormente adoptan políticas punitivas que alientan a los inmigrantes a marcharse. Nosotros afirmamos que un estudio longitudinal de la creación de políticas inmigratorias dentro de un solo estado provee un retrato más rico y dinámico de la interacción de las instituciones políticas estatales y las narrativas políticas que un análisis sobre las diferencias entre estados en un determinado punto en el tiempo. Para explorar este tema, nos enfocamos en Oklahoma. De 1996 a 2005, se ejerció una política integradora diseñada para recibir nuevos inmigrantes. En 2007, Oklahoma dio marcha atrás y desde entonces ha ejercido una política estricta diseñada para hacer más difícil para los inmigrantes no autorizados a vivir en Oklahoma y alentarlos a abandonar el estado.

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“…In Canada, immigration control policy (keeping out unwanted immigrants) is constitutionally deemed a 'concurrent power' ostensibly shared by federal and provincial governments. In practice, the federal government has retained authority over immigration control while immigrant integration policy (managing the recruitment, settlement and integration of desired immigrants) has been significantly downloaded to provincial and municipal governments (Boushey and Luedtke 2006). Ong (1999) argues that market citizenship and the logic of economic reason permeates the neoliberal state espousing clear gendered (Schild 2000) and racial assumptions (Dobrowolsky 2008).…”

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Constructions of migrant rights in Canada: is subnational citizenship possible?

Bhuyan

Smith-Carrier

2012

Citizenship Studies

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Fiscal federalism and the politics of immigration: Centralized and decentralized immigration policies in Canada and the United States

Cited by 21 publications

References 15 publications

Sustained Organizational Influence: American Legislative Exchange Council and the Diffusion of Anti‐Sanctuary Policy

Sustained Organizational Influence: American Legislative Exchange Council and the Diffusion of Anti‐Sanctuary Policy

From Progressive Pioneer to Nativist Crackdown: The Transformation of Immigrant Policy in Oklahoma

Constructions of migrant rights in Canada: is subnational citizenship possible?

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