Thesis
Philadelphia's Sanctuary City Policy: Local Action in a Neglected Field
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Mar 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00001599
Abstract
Philadelphia's sanctuary city policy is a case of locally oriented executive action in a federally neglected field of law. In this case study, I will examine how Philadelphia's historical and present demographics led the City of Brotherly Love a to take bold executive action to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the end of a federal policy cycle. This sanctuary city policy is subject to the demands of street-level bureaucrats and the structural ambiguity of electoral democracy. This paper contextualizes current trends in immigration policy as but one case of polarized stalemate in American politics. Recommendations to consolidate the policy include attempting legislative passage, subject to agency rulemaking, and the demands of collaboratively rational hearings.
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- Title
- Philadelphia's Sanctuary City Policy
- Creators
- Benjamin Aaron Winkler
- Contributors
- Richardson Dilworth (Advisor) - Drexel University, Politics
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- v, 43 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences; Center for Public Policy; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991020668914404721