Immigration enforcement measures used to be concentrated on America's borders. But as Professor Yalidy Matos outlines, federal agencies are increasingly partnering with local law enforcement to carry out deportations, leaving immigrant communities uncertain about their futures.

For More on this Topic:

• Read Matos' brief, How America's 1996 Immigration Act Set the Stage for Increasingly Localized and Tough Enforcement

Further Reading:

• Will State and Local Crackdowns Prevent Immigrants from Fitting In to American Society?, Helen B. Marrow, Tufts University
• The Deportation Crisis for Latino Immigrant Men and Their Families, Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced
• Episode 73: Sanctuary City Limits, Tom K. Wong, University of California