Managing Illegal Immigration to the United States

How Effective Is Enforcement?

Report by Bryan Roberts, Edward Alden, and John Whitley

Publisher – Council on Foreign Relations Press

Release Date – May 2013

Pages – 76

ISBN 978-0-87609-556-0

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The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade alongside an enormous increase in government activities to prevent illegal immigration, there remains little understanding of the role enforcement has played. Better data and analyses to assist lawmakers in crafting more successful policies and to support administration officials in implementing these policies are long overdue.

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