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There’s plenty of work and existing scholarship that says the states were enforcing migration laws in the 19th century.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

“We had to come up with something that would actually make sure that we were enforcing our policies fairly,” Squyres said of the bag incentives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

Stetson and other officers were enforcing a curfew the night of May 30, 2020, when his group spotted four people in a parking lot.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The government defended the demolitions, saying they were enforcing the law.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2023

Meanwhile the Cortes, confident in their own power, were enforcing their obnoxious decrees by the despatch of ships of war and troops to the Northern provinces.

From Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of