Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reporting illegal aliens in the United States
I would like to take a moment to expand upon my previous comment and to explain, in greater detail, why this article is not appropriate as a standalone page. The topic presented in this article relies upon the premise that the act of "reporting" unauthorized immigrants consists of Tip (law enforcement)|tips (anonymous or otherwise) provided to law enforcement. The article also suggests (implicitly) that this form of reporting is a widespread phenomenon. This is a drastic oversimplification of the existing regulatory framework for immigration and naturalization in the United States. It does not accurately describe the existing system of information disclosure (or nondisclosure) between the federal government, states, local governments, foreign governments, and the private sector. For example, in a practical sense, "reporting" could also encompass the obligation of employers to verify the immigration status of employees (see I-9 (form)) and the "non-reporting" that occurs in Sanctuary city|sanctuary cities. In its current form, the article provides readers an incomplete and misleading description of the role of the private sector in enforcing immigration laws/regulations. If Jmpetroske wants to add information in this encyclopedia about the role of the private sector in enforcing immigration/nationality laws, it needs to be included in an article that provides readers sufficient background information about the existing regulatory framework. I think the best place to do so is either at Deportation and removal from the United States (though that article is ''woefully'' incomplete and requires significant expansion) or at the Illegal immigration to the United States article (which is much expansive). It is also ''essential'' (per ) to include a full range of viewpoints about the benefits/harms that result from private sector involvement in enforcing immigration laws. It is also very important to address the normative questions about delegating "reporting" rights/responsibilities to the private sector. There is substantial legal scholarship on these issues, so it should not be difficult to include a range of viewpoints. See, for example:Adam B. Cox & Eric A. Posner, https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/lawreview.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/79_4/02%20Cox%20%26%20Posner%20ART.pdf ''Delegation in Immigration Law'', 79 {{smallcaps|U. Chi. L. Rev.}} 1285 (2012).Hiroshi Motomura, http://www.law.uci.edu/lawreview/vol2/no1/motomura.pdf ''Who Belongs?: Immigration Outside the Law and the Idea of Americans in Waiting'', 2 {{smallcaps|U.C. Irvine L. Rev.}} 359 (2012).http://harvardlawreview.org/2015/04/policing-immigrant-communities/ ''Policing Immigrant Communities'', 128 {{smallcaps|Harv. L. Rev.}} 1771 (2015).Eric A. Posner, https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/lawreview.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/80_1/11%20Posner%20SYMP.pdf ''The Institutional Structure of Immigration Law'', 80 {{smallcaps|U. Chi. L. Rev.}} 289 (2013).Christine N. Cimini, http://connecticutlawreview.org/files/2014/12/8-Cimini.pdf ''Hands Off Our Fingerprints: State, Local, and Individual Defiance of Federal Immigration Enforcement'', 47 {{smallcaps|U. Conn. L. Rev.}} 101 (2014).. My recommendation is to begin updating the Illegal immigration to the United States article or Deportation and removal from the United States article with a more thorough description of the existing legal framework and then, after you have done that, you can discuss the ways in which state governments, local governments, foreign governments, and private actors participate in this system
— User:Notecardforfree, 13:54, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:WEIGHT (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)