Split families and the future of children: immigration enforcement and foster care placements
Tougher immigration enforcement has been responsible for approximately 1.8 million deportations between 2009 and 2013 alone. Children enter the foster care system when their parents are apprehended, deported, and unable to care for them. We find that the average increase in interior immigration enfo...
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American Economic Association
2018
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