24 January 2025

Trump’s Blitz on Immigration Aimed to Overwhelm. Here’s What You Need to Know.

[Photo: Trump signing Executive Orders. White House Photo.]

By Marjorie Cohn
Source:  Truthout

Editor's Note
Immigration in the United States is complex. The assault Trump is making on immigration is broad, and scattershot, and goes after legal entrants as well as asylum seekers and refugees. Trump is also attempting to override the constitutional birthright citizenship. Marjorie Cohn does an excellent job of taking us through these complexities and leaving us better informed. His administration

The administration has taken down internet access for asylum seekers and has canceled all applications. Trump is sending the military to the border, though under law their role should be very limited.

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22 December 2024

To Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations, We Need Local Efforts to Defend Immigrants

[Photo: Stop deportation march in Wisconsin (2014), Joe Brusky/flickr, Free Speech Radio Network]

By Leah Montange
Source:  The Progressive via CommonDreams

Editor's Note
Trump and his deportation henchmen have made clear that indiscriminate sweeps will start on day one of  Trump’s second term. They will rapidly intensify as the mechanisms of this plan are institutionalized. They will likely metastasize, to broader sweeps – such as rounding up “enemies of the state”. He is already threatening local government officials who he thinks might resist his efforts. We must stand ready to resist cruelty and inhumane policies. Mass deportation hurt us all

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