Contents

The US Deportation System: History, Impacts, and New Empirical Research | Caitlin Patler and Bradford Jones

Part I. The Functioning of the Deportation System

Imitate, Then Escalate: Social Influence and Its Consequences for the Subfederal Deportation System in the United States | Ian G. Peacock

Unpacking the Politics of the US Deportation System | Tina Law

Part II. Connecting Premigration Contexts to the US Deportation System

Climate of Exclusion: Spillover Effects of Home-Country Natural Disasters on Immigrant Removals from the United States | Agustina Laurito and Ashley N. Muchow

Part III. Consequences of the Deportation System for Immigrants, Families, and Communities in the United States

ICE at the Door, Tests on the Floor: Student Achievement and Local Immigration Enforcement | Cora Bennett, Virginia Graves, and Benjamin Meadows

Future, Interrupted: Examining the Impact of a Large Worksite Enforcement Operation on Students’ Educational and Workforce Pathways | J. Jacob Kirksey and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj

Settlement Duration Matters: Deportation Threat and Safety Net Participation Among Mixed-Status Families | Youngjin Stephanie Hong, Marci Ybarra, and Angela S. García

Part IV. The Aftermath of Deportation

De Facto Deportation from the United States to Mexico, 2015–2020 | Erin R. Hamilton, Claudia Masferrer, Angelita Repetto, and Nicole Denier

Urgent Returns: The Link Between Family and the Remigration Intentions of Deported Central Americans in an Era of Border Externalization | Ángel A. Escamilla García and Adriana M. Cerón

Hyper-Illegality, Reentry, and Everyday Life in the United States Post-Deportation | Carolina Valdivia