TY - JOUR
T1 - Out of the Class and Into the Shadows
T2 - Immigration Enforcement and Education Among U.S.-Citizen and Foreign-Born Hispanics
AU - Bucheli, Jose R.
AU - Rubalcaba, Joaquín Alfredo Angel
AU - Vargas, Edward D.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francisca Antman, Jose Fernandez, and other attendees and presenters at the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics Research Conference 2021 for helpful comments and feedback. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The data and analysis files for this article can be found at https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/152241
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - With the recent escalation in interior immigration enforcement across the United States, immigrant and U.S.-born children are increasingly exposed to coercive measures that have been shown to disrupt their development. This study examines the relationship between immigration-related arrests and the educational outcomes of Hispanics—a group that is overwhelmingly targeted by immigration authorities. Using data on the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at the Metropolitan Statistical Area level, we estimate the impact of immigration enforcement on Hispanics’ school enrollment. We find that increases in the arrest rate are accompanied by substantial declines in enrollment among Hispanic youth, including U.S.-born, foreign-born, and individuals in mixed-status families. Additionally, we do not find evidence of this relationship among other racial/ethnic groups, suggesting that the impact is concentrated among Hispanic individuals. Our results advance our understanding of the unintended consequences of immigration enforcement on educational outcomes and show that ethnicity is a crucial factor in this process.
AB - With the recent escalation in interior immigration enforcement across the United States, immigrant and U.S.-born children are increasingly exposed to coercive measures that have been shown to disrupt their development. This study examines the relationship between immigration-related arrests and the educational outcomes of Hispanics—a group that is overwhelmingly targeted by immigration authorities. Using data on the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at the Metropolitan Statistical Area level, we estimate the impact of immigration enforcement on Hispanics’ school enrollment. We find that increases in the arrest rate are accompanied by substantial declines in enrollment among Hispanic youth, including U.S.-born, foreign-born, and individuals in mixed-status families. Additionally, we do not find evidence of this relationship among other racial/ethnic groups, suggesting that the impact is concentrated among Hispanic individuals. Our results advance our understanding of the unintended consequences of immigration enforcement on educational outcomes and show that ethnicity is a crucial factor in this process.
KW - Hispanics
KW - educational outcomes
KW - immigration enforcement
KW - school enrollment
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U2 - 10.1177/23328584211056349
DO - 10.1177/23328584211056349
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118476730
SN - 2332-8584
VL - 7
JO - AERA Open
JF - AERA Open
ER -