The document discusses the increasing use of internal border enforcement programs like 287(g) agreements and Secure Communities within the United States post-9/11. 287(g) agreements allow local law enforcement to perform immigration enforcement, while Secure Communities involves sharing arrestee fingerprints with immigration authorities. A map shows the spread of 287(g) agreements across multiple jurisdictions. The document concludes by providing contact information for following up on the topic of internal immigration enforcement programs.

1. Josh Labove
jlabove
Law & Discourse in Post 9/11
Borders as Metaphor, Borders as Law Immigration Enforcement

2. Borders as Sites of (In)Security

3. Mobile Borders
Mobile Borders

4. Internal
borders
Internal Border Enforcement

5. Deportation

7. 287(g) Memoranda Secure Communities
• Developed 1996 as part of IIRIA • County-based agreement between ICE
• A formalised agreement between the and locality to transmit biometric data
federal government and localities to on ‘suspected illegal aliens’ to ICE for
assist ICE in its immigration review.
enforcement activities via: • Should the individual in local custody be
1. Task Force Agreements found within ICE databases a ‘48-hour
2. Jail Enforcement Agreements detainer’ is automatically issued,
keeping the individual in county custody
3. Both Task Force & Jail Enforcement until s/he can be transferred to ICE
detention.
(Re)mapping Immigrant Communities

8. 0 125 250 500 750 1,000
Miles
Legend
Jail Enforcement
Task Force
Jail Enforcement & Task Force
287(g) Agreements

9. Secure Communities

10. Biometric Borders

11. www.sfu.ca/~jlabove
jlabove@sfu.ca
jlabove
Contact & Follow-Up