# Lawfare Daily: The Dangers of Privatized, Automated Immigration Enforcement

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Published: 2026-04-30T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Lawfare  Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with  Chinmayi Sharma , an associate professor at Fordham Law School and a contributing editor at  Lawfare , to discuss Sharma’s  forthcoming law review article, “Immigration Enforcement Intermediaries.” They discuss the U.S. federal government’s increasingly privatized and automated system of immigration enforcement—which Sharma describes as “a code-based Leviathan—cloaked in the veneer of legal legitimacy yet operating outside traditional democratic channels”—and how private technology vendors entrench their positions within that system. Sharma also walks through a number of proposals for states and other sub-federal entities to counteract these harms to immigrants, society, and the rule of law itself. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a  Lawfare  Material Supporter at  www.patreon.com/lawfare . You can also support  Lawfare  by making a one-time donation at  https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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