“Where once people who were caught trying to enter the country without papers were allowed to opt for voluntary removal and kicked back across the border, today the federal government is choosing to file charges against people and incarcerate people before deporting them. It’s a profound enough change in policy that it’s changing the demographics of incarceration rates.” -Colorlines

It’s important to remember who is benefiting from this.  For example, see “Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law” from NPR.  The incarceration of immigrants is not only clearly a problem of xenophobia, but also one of class: that is, the generation of profit through the oppression of poor immigrants.