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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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Tina Law
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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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