Protectors and Prosecutors
Protectors and Prosecutors
Humanitarianism and Security
Implementing the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal enforcement priorities—even in a punitive state like Arizona—has not been automatic. In a border region dependent on cross-border flows of people, goods, and money, implementing new crime-centered enforcement priorities did not generate the widespread consensus expressed in Congress. On the contrary, the federal mandate evoked tensions among border agents, local law enforcement, immigrant advocates, and Mexican officials on the ground. This chapter examines how front-line agents’ relations to other players involved in immigration enforcement shaped the ways in which enforcement priorities took hold, with local actors serving as both protectors and prosecutors.
Keywords: Arizona border, criminal enforcement priorities, U.S. Border Patrol, law enforcement, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Operation Streamline, nongovernmental organizations, Legal Orientation Program, Mexican government, migrant protection
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