A recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal has some interesting statistics - and quotes - about how local governments in the state are working with federal immigration agencies to deport immigrants. The sheriff of Kenosha County, which expects to make $5.5 million in 2008 from its federal contract to hold immigrant detainees, described his county's role like this: "We are a warehouse for the people who are here."

Milwaukee's new police chief says he will not change the city's policy that prohibits local police from inquiring about witnesses' immigration status.

"Over the last year, thousands of illegal immigrants and their families who live here have retreated from community life in Waukegan, a microcosm of a growing underground of illegal immigrants across the country who are clinging to homes and jobs despite the pressure of tougher federal and local enforcement," reports The New York Times.