Witnesses captured videos of officers and agents, some in uniform and others plain-clothed, stationed in front of a store’s entrance, with a parked Border Patrol truck plainly visible. The agents were visible and intimidating – and it worked.
In rural Wisconsin, which voted heavily for Trump, some farmers who support Trump don’t believe he intends to deport their hardworking employees — that his targets are criminals. But Trump made all undocumented immigrants a priority for deportation.
By all indications, at least nine Senate Democrats will vote to advance the Laken Riley Act, a sweeping measure that mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants who have committed nonviolent crimes, all but ensuring that it will move forward.
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Trump sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality. He was whoever they wanted him to be—a choose-your-own-candidate. Voters projected their wishes onto his candidacy, regardless of his stated policy program
Being “the right kind” of progressive or feminist or socialist can easily become its own goal, rather than winning concrete victories that match the values and goals behind these labels. Unfortunately this has been a common response in recent decades
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The US working class has a long tradition of standing up against immigrant repression. This history is a reservoir of inspiration and strategic thinking — and it can help immigrant workers and communities confront Donald Trump’s promised wave of repr
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In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency, David Bacon’s perspectives on the economic context of immigration policy and how Trump can—and can’t—shape it are still relevant after his re-election victory.
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