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52 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 255 (2018-2019)
Do Apprehensions of Undocumented Immigrants Reduce Crime and Create Jobs: Evidence from U.S. Districts, 2000-2015

handle is hein.journals/davlr52 and id is 261 raw text is: Do Apprehensions of Undocumented Immigrants Reduce Crime and Create Jobs? Evidence from U.S. Districts, 2000-2015 Annie Laurie Hinest* & Giovanni Peri** We analyze whether the intensity of immigration enforcement, measured as apprehensions of undocumented immigrants' per thousand people, affects local crime rates and the local labor market opportunities of native workers.2 Using data across seventeen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) districts over the period 2000-2015, we take advantage of a sudden surge in the apprehension rate from 2007- 2011, followed by a decline in 2012-2015. The magnitude of the increase in apprehensions varied significantly across districts, depending on the intensity of local enforcement, and on the size of the local undocumented population. We use the variation created by this surge in difference-in- differences analysis. We do not find any evidence that more apprehensions in a district reduced crime rates, nor do we find evidence that apprehensions improved employment and wages for less educated natives. These findings do not support the rhetoric that deportations remove criminals and/or make more jobs available to natives. T Copyright @ 2018 Annie Laurie Hines & Giovanni Peri. This article is based on the authors' remarks at the UC Davis Law Review's Volume 51 Symposium Immigration Law & Resistance: Ensuring a Nation of Immigrants. Department of Economics, UC Davis. Social Sciences and Humanities Building, Davis, CA 95616, USA.E-mail: ahines@ucdavis.edu. . Department of Economics, UC Davis and NBER. Social Sciences and Humanities Building, Room 1118, Davis, CA 95616, USA. E-mail: gperi@ucdavis.edu. I We call undocumented immigrants throughout the article those who do not have a legal right to stay in the US. 2 We call native workers throughout the article those who are natural-born U.S. citizens. 255

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