Local Immigration Policy and the MS-13 “Threat”

• In Event: Fun with Federalism: Immigration Policy and Local Governments

Brief Overview

Do sanctuary cities promote criminal activity by the transnational criminal gang, Mara Salvatrucha? We compile the first comprehensive dataset of MS-13 criminal activity and show no relationship to sanctuary city policy.

Authors

• Michael Paarlberg, Georgetown University

• Loren Collingwood, University of California-Riverside