Serving Immigrant Communities: The Effects of Nonprofit-Legal Aid at a Time of Heightened Enforcement

• In Event: NGOs, Giving, and Governments

Brief Overview

We predict regional variations in deportations based on the availability of nonprofit-legal services for immigrants. We use legal-aid data from the Board of Immigration Appeals and Executive Office of Immigration Review and removal data from ICE.

Authors

• Daniel E. Chand, Kent State University at Kent

• M. Apolonia Calderon, University of Maryland

• Daniel P. Hawes, Kent State University at Kent

• Lauren Katherine O'Keeffe, Kent State University