Poster #43 - Fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

• In Event: Poster Session I (posters 1 - 79)

Abstract

Fear of crime became a significant topic in criminology in the decade of the 1960s. More recently, studies on the fear of police have emerged in response to concerns over racial disparities, police misconduct, and legitimacy. The current study concerns law enforcement actions that took place between January and March of 2026 in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota. Employing a sample of residents who protested US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity, this study seeks to better understand how fearful current residents of the Twin Cities are about ICE activity in their community, in addition to the variables that condition fear.

Authors

• Lily Anne Hanson, Winona State University

• Douglas Dallier, Winona State University