“Deportation, Inc.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy," produced by Lawfare and SITU, is a series of short investigative videos examining how United States immigration enforcement has evolved into a rapidly growing multi-billion-dollar industry shaped by private profit and political power — a system in which profitability increasingly dictates policy and enforcement priorities.
Below you can watch the series trailer, an introduction video situating the project’s historical and political context and the first chapter focused specifically on detention.
Introduction