The Effects of Immigrants on Public Safety and Law Enforcement
In the scholarly article, “Immigration and the Changing Social Fabric of American Cities”, the authors David Kirk, Andrew Papachristos, Jeffrey Fagan, and Tom Tyler aim to explore the issue of law enforcement in immigrant communities. From this, the question of whether or not the safety of the public is undermined when it comes to harsher immigration enforcement is produced. The primary points of this article are to explore this question by analyzing the consequences of enforcing immigration laws, the utilization of police authority, and economic status of migrants. In politics, immigration laws have become more publicized and implemented. For instance, the Arizona SB 1070 intended to remove anyone that was to be considered an undocumented immigrant. There were a few states within the U.S. that supported this law and ratified something similar when it came to detaining these particular individuals. However, this scholarly article outlined the issues regarding these bills and the effects that it would have on the public. One point that was mentioned is that if the police are overcome with monitoring every person, who could …show more content…
If law enforcement is detaining individuals to determine if they’re undocumented or not while having the incentive to deport them, may make immigrants skeptical of police and their efforts. The article conducted a study which noted that individuals are more willing to cooperate and report crime are those that believed law enforcement were morally obligated to act in a ‘just manner’. This allowed the public to feel safer while in return reduced the crime rate in immigrant communities. These communities are important since an economic impact can often reflect a person’s background and perspective of legal
In the scholarly article, “Immigration and the Changing Social Fabric of American Cities”, the authors David Kirk, Andrew Papachristos, Jeffrey Fagan, and Tom Tyler aim to explore the issue of law enforcement in immigrant communities. From this, the question of whether or not the safety of the public is undermined when it comes to harsher immigration enforcement is produced. The primary points of this article are to explore this question by analyzing the consequences of enforcing immigration laws, the utilization of police authority, and economic status of migrants. In politics, immigration laws have become more publicized and implemented. For instance, the Arizona SB 1070 intended to remove anyone that was to be considered an undocumented immigrant. There were a few states within the U.S. that supported this law and ratified something similar when it came to detaining these particular individuals. However, this scholarly article outlined the issues regarding these bills and the effects that it would have on the public. One point that was mentioned is that if the police are overcome with monitoring every person, who could …show more content…
If law enforcement is detaining individuals to determine if they’re undocumented or not while having the incentive to deport them, may make immigrants skeptical of police and their efforts. The article conducted a study which noted that individuals are more willing to cooperate and report crime are those that believed law enforcement were morally obligated to act in a ‘just manner’. This allowed the public to feel safer while in return reduced the crime rate in immigrant communities. These communities are important since an economic impact can often reflect a person’s background and perspective of legal