Interior Enforcement

Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

Mexico's economic and cultural transformation has created deep, mutually beneficial interdependencies with the United States that no border wall can undo, this book by MPI’s president argues.

The Changing Landscape of Interior Immigration Enforcement Under Trump

Marking the release of an MPI study, this discussion examines the operation of today’s interior enforcement system and how state and local governments, civil society, and consulates are responding.    

State and Local Labor Standards Enforcement in Immigrant-Dense Industries

Marking the release of an MPI report, this discussion focuses on the dynamics in low-wage workplaces and immigration law that have contributed to systematic violations of labor standards and explores new and effective enforcement strategies that state and local governments across the United States are utilizing.

Shifting Gears, Trump Administration Launches High-Profile Worksite Enforcement Operations

Chile's immigrant population quadrupled over two decades, outpacing every other country in Latin America and stoking backlash and a rightward political shift.

The Trump Immigration Plan: A Lopsided Proposal

The Trump administration would trade a path to legal status for up to 1.8 million Dreamers in exchange for sweeping immigration enforcement and deep cuts to family immigration.

Criminalizing Irregular Migrant Labor: Thailand’s Crackdown in Context

Thailand's 2017 migrant labor decree risks deepening exploitation and excluding the poorest from legal migration channels.

The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?

President Barack Obama's deportation record was more nuanced than critics claimed, focusing on criminals and recent border crossers while reducing removals of long-settled immigrants.

Unauthorized Immigrants with Criminal Convictions: Who Might Be a Priority for Removal?

Even as President-elect Donald Trump claimed 2 million to 3 million unauthorized immigrants were criminals, MPI estimates 820,000 had criminal convictions in 2012.

Senate Judiciary Testimony on Immigration Enforcement Priorities and Use of Prosecutorial Discretion

Federal-Local Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement Frayed; Chance for Improvement Exists

A 2015 San Francisco shooting exposed deep rifts in federal-local immigration enforcement, at a time that more than 360 jurisdictions have limited their cooperation with ICE.