POLI 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Plenary Power, Political Geography

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Money: questions freeman"s argument, argues that there are geographic distributions of the cost of immigration (political geography of immigration control) Must be politically salient, aka. swing districts policy venues: legislature, executive cabinet and bureaucracies, popular (public mobilization), local government, courts. 1990s: shift from client to entrepreneurial politics harsher immigration control laws, especially a problem in swing areas studies of public practice @ local levels shows that there"s a huge difference between national policy and local practice. Federal laws must be implemented on a local level. Immigrants fall under the jurisdiction of state and local policies. Builds up local support for immigrants, opens up opportunity structure for advocates. Limited cooperation ordinances in sanctuary cities up to local authorities and law enforcement to decide if they want to actively uphold immigration laws. Emphasis rule of law city , e. g. costa mesa committed to upholding immigration policies and restrictions emphasis on security, law enforcement.

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