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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2014 by the
- ISSN
- 2194-6132
- eISSN
- 1944-4370
- DOI
- 10.1515/cjpp-2014-0005
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract Who supports and who opposes legislation that seeks to tighten interior immigration enforcement among members of Congress, and why? Interior immigration enforcement is one of the critical, but often overlooked aspects of the comprehensive immigration reform debate in the US. An analysis of 3330 roll call votes among U.S. House Representatives since H.R. 4437 in 2005 shows that voting patterns can overwhelmingly be explained by partisanship, as Republicans are significantly more likely to support tightening interior immigration enforcement than Democrats. Moreover, the only factor analyzed here that leads Republican representatives to become less likely to support stricter interior immigration enforcement is the size of the Hispanic/Latino population in a district. However, what the data also show is that Republicans and Democrats tend to align when it comes to opposing the most restrictive attempts to tighten interior immigration enforcement, as evidenced by bipartisan opposition to the Sullivan amendment to H.R. 4437.
Journal
California Journal of Politics and Policy – de Gruyter
Published: Jul 1, 2014