Institute for the Study of the Americas

The UNC Immigration Policy Working Group

Publications generated by working group collaborations:

The Policies and Politics of Local Immigration Enforcement Laws. The UNC Immigration / Human Rights Policy Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. February 2009.

Legal and Social Perspectives on Local Enforcement of Immigration under the Section 287(g) Program. Hannah Gill, Mai Thi Nguyen, Katherine Lewis Parker, and Deborah Weissman. Popular Government, Spring/Summer 2009.

Immigration and Crime in North Carolina: Beyond the Rhetoric. Lindsay Haddix. Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC Chapel Hill. May 2008.

Facing Deportation: Families Impacted by North Carolina's Deportation Policies. An interactive website designed by Eileen Mignoni. UNC School of Journalism, May 2009.

Conflicting Perceptions: Between Sanctuary and 287 g in Durham, North Carolina. Ian Smith-Overman. Latin American Studies, UNC Chapel Hill. May 2009.

The UNC Immigration Policy Working Group examines the impacts of local and state immigration policies on immigrants in North Carolina.

This working group is funded by the Center for Global Initiatives and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.

Lindsay Haddix is the 2009 winner of the Impact Award from the UNC Graduate School for her master's dissertation thesis, Immigration and Crime in North Carolina: Beyond the Rhetoric.