Interstate Remittances and the Host Country

• In Event: The Politics of Remittances

Brief Overview

We theorize interstate remittance flows vary with subnational enforcement of the host country’s immigration policy. We test our theory in the context of the United States’ Secure Communities program. Results counter extant theory.

Authors

• Matthew Smoldt, Arizona State University

• Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University

• Cameron G. Thies, James Madison College Michigan State University