DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Author
Jane, Nitika
Abstract
In 2017, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) renewed its implementation of the “Secure Communities” initiative. It was ostensibly intended to intensify policing of undocumented immigrants who violated criminal laws while in the United States. This policy expanded the scope of immigration policing by enabling local policing agencies to confirm the immigration status of all persons arrested during booking, collect biometric info about arrestees, and share it with Homeland Security (U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2010). This program was intended to reduce the cost of identifying illegal immigrants by broadening the scope of powers allotted to local law enforcement (Cox & Miles, 2012, p.88). A basic but essential question that is not answered is whether the reinstatement of Secure Communities in 2017 led to racial profiling of Hispanics and other brown people. In order to empirically
investigate the possibility that the reinstatement of Secure Communities led to racial profiling of Hispanics and Hispanic-looking people, a quantitative thesis project was conducted that analyzed demographic patterns about traffic stop characteristics using data from North Carolina law enforcement agencies between 2015 and 2019. The analysis examined patterns in drivers stopped by police (race, gender, age, and other characteristics of drivers). This is done by analyzing traffic stop data from the two years before Secure Communities was re-instituted under Trump (2015-2016) and the 2 years after it was re-instituted (2018 -2019). The impact of the implementation of Secure Communities is assessed by quantifying if there is a change in traffic stops for Hispanic individuals between the two time periods that coincide with its re-introduction. Additionally, a discussion of the current context of immigration in the United
States and how that has impacted interactions between Hispanic residents and local police.
Date
2023-04-26
Citation:
APA:
Jane, Nitika.
(April 2023).
DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
(Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/12957.)
MLA:
Jane, Nitika.
DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
Honors Thesis. East Carolina University,
April 2023. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/12957.
June 30, 2024.
Chicago:
Jane, Nitika,
“DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION”
(Honors Thesis., East Carolina University,
April 2023).
AMA:
Jane, Nitika.
DID POLICING OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
[Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
April 2023.
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Publisher
East Carolina University