Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Sanctuary City in Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: Media Coverage of Sanctuary Cities 1980-2017
Chapter 3: Understanding Public Opinion on Sanctuary Cities
Chapter 4: Legislative Expression: Sanctuary Policy-making in the U.S. States
Chapter 5: Sanctuary Cities, Crime, and Incorporation
Chapter 6: Sanctuary Cities: Summary, Concluding Thoughts, The Way Forward
Notes
References
Index

About the Author

Loren Collingwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Campaigning in a Racially Diversifying America: When and How Cross-Racial Electoral Mobilization Works, and more than 23 journal articles. His research and teaching interests include American politics, political behavior, immigration, race and ethnic politics, and political methodology.

Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. He is the author of Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America, as well as a number of articles on sanctuary policies, intergroup attitudes, and elections. His main research interests include American politics, immigration policy, racial and ethnic politics, and American political development.

Reviews

"Very well organized and presented, this study will be useful to both scholars and policy makers." -- C.K. Piehl, emeritus, Minnesota State University, CHOICE
"This is a very important book that takes a holistic approach to examining sanctuary city policy historically and explains the contemporary consequences of reframing this issue for Latino communities today. This book is not just a resource with innovative data and methodology; it provides a powerful historical theoretical explanation for the way elite, media, and mass opinion and behavior change around the issue of sanctuary cities. This book is a must-read for
anyone studying public policy and opinion formation." -- Jessica Lavariega Monforti, editor of Latinos in the American Political System
"This truly massive deep dive into 35 years of history and data related to sanctuary policies represents a model of good social science. Collingwood and Gonzalez O'Brien aim in these pages to change the national conversation about a controversial and increasingly polarized issue. In a compelling, accessible narrative backed up with hard facts, they succeed in bolstering claims made by pro-sanctuary advocates and dismissing claims made by sanctuary opponents.
This book is sure to become a well-cited resource for those seeking to preserve and expand sanctuary policies." -- Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College
"Collingwood and Gonzalez O'Brien's brief yet comprehensive guide to sanctuary cities illustrates how opposition to sanctuary policies is driven by partisanship and demographic change rather than crime or the economy, while also demonstrating that sanctuary policies have a range of positive outcomes. This book will be an indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners interested in this timely, important, and provocative issue." -- Deborah J. Schildkraut,
Tufts University