Policing immigrants traces the transition of immigration enforcement from a traditionally federal power exercised primarily near the us borders to a patchwork system of local policing that extends throughout the countrys interior since federal authorities set local law enforcement to the task of bringing suspected illegal immigrants to the federal governments attention local responses . Policing immigrants local law enforcement on the front lines responsibility doris marie provine monica w varsanyi paul g lewis and scott h decker publication chicago the university of chicago press 2016 physical description ix 206 pages illustrations maps 24 cm series chicago series in law and society available online at the library law library crown find it basement . University of chicago press degruytercom publications about us advanced search help university of chicago press . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. The united states deported nearly two million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the obama presidency more than during any previous administration president obama stands accused by activists of being deporter in chief yet despite efforts to rebuild what many see as a broken system the president has not yet been able to convince