Paper Info
Title
The information practices of law enforcement: Passive and active collaboration and its implication for sanctuary laws in Washington state
Abstract
AbstractAbstractAlthough Washington state sanctuary policies of 2017 prohibit collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement in noncriminal cases, compliance with sanctuary policies has not been systematically studied. We explore information practices and collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement in Grant County, Washington, based on records from November 2017 to May 2019 obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights through Public Records Act (PRA) requests. Qualitative analysis of over 8,000 pages reveals a baseline of passive and active information sharing and collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration agencies before Washington sanctuary laws went into effect in May 2019, a practice that needs to stop if agencies are to comply with the laws. We employ a systematic methodology to obtain (through PRA and other Access to Information requests) and analyze official records through qualitative content analysis, to monitor and hold local law enforcement accountable in their compliance with sanctuary laws. This method can be used to examine law enforcement information behaviors in other counties in Washington, and in other states that offer sanctuary protections, as a way to monitor compliance with sanctuary laws and strengthen the protection of immigrants' rights.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1002/asi.24485
Periodicals
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
72
11
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2330-1635
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yubing Tian100.34
Ricardo Gómez216626.41
Marika Cifor303.38
James Wilson472.87
Henry Morgan500.34