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Research ArticleI. The Functioning of the Deportation System
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Unpacking the Politics of the US Deportation System

Tina Law
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2025, 11 (4) 49-75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.4.03
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aAssistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis, United States
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    Weekly Number of Deportation- and Immigration-Related Tweets by Democratic and Republican Congressmembers, April 1 to August 1, 2018

    Source: Author’s compilation.

    Note: The first vertical line indicates the implementation of the Trump administration’s family separation policy (May 7, 2018), and the second vertical line indicates the suspension of the policy (June 20, 2018).

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    Average Weekly Level and Sentiment of the Five Moral Foundations in Deportation- and Immigration-Related Tweets by Democratic and Republican Congressmembers, April 1 to August 1, 2018

    Source: Author’s compilation.

    Note: The first vertical line indicates the implementation of the Trump administration’s family separation policy (May 7, 2018) and the second vertical line indicates the suspension of the policy (June 20, 2018).

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    • THE DEPORTATION SYSTEM AND POLICY FEEDBACK
    • CONGRESS AND THE 2018 FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY
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    • APPENDIX A. DEVELOPMENT OF THE 115TH US CONGRESS TWEET CORPUS
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