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Enforcing Immigration Law at the State and Local Levels: A Public Policy Dilemma

Encouraging state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce federal immigration laws could help identify out-of-status immigrants eligible for deportation, but these efforts come with concerns about the potential for racial profiling, strained community relations, and improper resource allocation.

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Aziza Arifkhanova

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. student in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in economics, Florida State University; B.S. in economics and international affairs, Florida State University

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Peter Brownell

Associate Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley

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Tess Hellgren

Research Assistant
M.Sc. in migration studies, University of Oxford; B.A. in social studies, Harvard University

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Barbara Janta

Analyst
Ph.D. (in progress) in employment research, University of Warwick; M.Phil. in sociology, Cambridge University; M.S. in sociology, Nicholas Copernicus University; M.A. in literature & linguistics, Nicholas Copernicus University

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Svitlana Kobzar

Associate Analyst
Ph.D. in international studies, University of Cambridge; M.Phil. in contemporary european studies, University of Cambridge; B.A. (summa cum laude) in foreign policy, Alma College

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Sarah Kups

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics & international relations, University of St Andrews; M.Phil in economics, University of Cambridge

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Nora Ratzmann

Research Assistant
M.Sc.Econ. in social policy and development, London School of Economics; M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy, University of Oxford; B.A. in European studies, University of Osnabrueck

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Michael S. Rendall

Adjunct Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, A.M. in economics, Brown University; M.A. in sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.B.S. in psychology, Massey University, New Zealand

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Jennifer Rubin

Vice President, RAND Europe; Director, Communities, Safety & Justice
Ph.D. in social and political sciences, University of Cambridge; B.A. in European politics, Loughborough University

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Georges Vernez

Director, RAND Center for Research on Immigration Policy; Senior Social Scientist
Ph.D. in urban and regional development, M.C.P., University of California, Berkeley; M.C.E. in transportation engineering, University of Texas, Austin; B.C.E. in civil engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne, Switzerland