TY - BOOK AU - Provine,Doris Marie AU - Varsanyi,Monica AU - Lewis,Paul George AU - Decker,Scott H. TI - Policing immigrants: local law enforcement on the front lines T2 - The Chicago series in law and society SN - 9780226363042 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JV 6483 .P77 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Immigration enforcement KW - United States KW - Central-local government relations KW - Emigration and immigration law KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Government policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introducing the conflicted politics of localized immigration control -- The evolution of devolution -- The problematic patchwork of immigration federalism -- Going their own way: community context and its influences on the patchwork -- Discretion on the front lines: immigrant policing in action -- Negotiated understandings between law enforcement and local communities -- Conclusions and recommendations: finding the way forward -- Appendix : Multivariate analyses of policing practices and local government policies ER -