Felipe Amin Filomeno is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. His research examines development issues affecting Latin America and is currently focused on the governance of international migration. Filomeno was awarded the Early Career Prize of the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association in 2015 and is author of Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America (2014).

• 1. Introduction: local governments and immigration.- 2. The localist approach to local immigration policy.- 3. Relational arguments in studies of local immigration policy.- 4. The relational approach to local immigration policy.- 5. Conclusion: the prominence of local immigration policy.

Felipe Amin Filomeno is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. His research examines development issues affecting Latin America and is currently focused on the governance of international migration. Filomeno was awarded the Early Career Prize of the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association in 2015 and is author of Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America (2014).

• 1. Introduction: local governments and immigration.- 2. The localist approach to local immigration policy.- 3. Relational arguments in studies of local immigration policy.- 4. The relational approach to local immigration policy.- 5. Conclusion: the prominence of local immigration policy.

Felipe Amin Filomeno is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. His research examines development issues affecting Latin America and is currently focused on the governance of international migration. Filomeno was awarded the Early Career Prize of the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association in 2015 and is author of Monsanto and Intellectual Property in South America (2014).

• 1. Introduction: local governments and immigration.- 2. The localist approach to local immigration policy.- 3. Relational arguments in studies of local immigration policy.- 4. The relational approach to local immigration policy.- 5. Conclusion: the prominence of local immigration policy.