An architect of the U.S. immigration system, John Tanton, helped launch The Tanton Network, a network of White nationalist organizations with disproportionate influence in past and current immigration policies and with deep roots in local law enforcement, including sheriffs, who work to further the deportation machine. Learn more about Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more sheriffs’ role in the anti-immigration movement here in our video below.