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Research ArticleIII. Consequences of the Deportation System for Immigrants, Families, and Communities in the United States
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Future, Interrupted: Examining the Impact of a Large Worksite Enforcement Operation on Students’ Educational and Workforce Pathways

J. Jacob Kirksey, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2025, 11 (4) 123-141; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.4.06
J. Jacob Kirksey
aAssociate professor in the College of Education at Texas Tech University, United States
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bAssociate professor in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
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vol. 11 no. 4 123-141
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https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.4.06

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  • Published online December 4, 2025.

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© 2025 Russell Sage Foundation. Kirksey, J. Jacob, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj. 2025. “Future, Interrupted: Examining the Impact of a Large Worksite Enforcement Operation on Students’ Educational and Workforce Pathways.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 11(4): 123–41. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.4.06. Direct correspondence to: J. Jacob Kirksey, at Jacob.Kirksey{at}ttu.edu, College of Education, Texas Tech University, 3002 18th Street, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States. Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, at carolynsattin-bajaj{at}ucsb.edu, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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  1. J. Jacob Kirkseya and
  2. Carolyn Sattin-Bajajb
  1. aAssociate professor in the College of Education at Texas Tech University, United States
  2. bAssociate professor in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
  1. Correspondence authors:
    J. Jacob Kirksey, (Jacob.Kirksey{at}ttu.edu), Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, (carolynsattin-bajaj{at}ucsb.edu)
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    • CURRENT STUDY: LARGE-SCALE WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN SUMNER, TEXAS
    • CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: HOW ENFORCEMENT EPISODES INTERACT WITH LEGAL VULNERABILITY
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