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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789364503321

Titolo

Options for estimating illegal entries at the U.S.-Mexico border / / Panel on Survey Options for Estimating the Flow of Unauthorized Crossings at the U.S.-Mexican Border ; Alicia Carriquiry and Malay Majmundar, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-26425-1

0-309-26423-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Noncitizens - United States - Statistical methods

Noncitizens - Mexican-American Border Region

Illegal immigration

North America Mexican-American Border Region

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-123) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.The Process of Unauthorized Crossing at the U.S.-Mexico Border -- 3.Migration-Relevant Surveys in the United States and Mexico: Background -- 4.Migration-Relevant Surveys in the United States and Mexico: Usefulness and Limitations -- 5.Administrative Data on Undocumented Migration Across U.S. Borders -- 6.Model-Based Approaches to Estimating Migration Flows -- References -- Appendixes -- A.Survey Questions About Migration and Border Crossing -- B.Review of Capture-Recapture Ideas for Measuring the Flow of Unauthorized Crossings at the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Sommario/riassunto

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing and managing the nation's borders. Over the past decade,



DHS has dramatically stepped up its enforcement efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the number of U.S. Border patrol (USBP) agents, expanding the deployment of technological assets, and implementing a variety of 'consequence programs' intended to deter illegal immigration. During this same period, there has also been a sharp decline in the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended at the border. Trends in total apprehensions do not, however, by themselves speak to the effectiveness of DHS's investments in immigration enforcement. In particular, to evaluate whether heightened enforcement efforts have contributed to reducing the flow of undocumented migrants, it is critical to estimate the number of border-crossing attempts during the same period for which apprehensions data are available. With these issues in mind, DHS charged the National Research Council (NRC) with providing guidance on the use of surveys and other methodologies to estimate the number of unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, preferably by geographic region and on a quarterly basis. Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border focuses on Mexican migrants since Mexican nationals account for the vast majority (around 90 percent) of attempted unauthorized border crossings across the U.S.-Mexico border."-from eBook Central