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This Week in People’s History, Sep 9–15, 2026

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Sanctuary activists preventing INS van from deporting refugees Activists Resist U.S. Government Deportation Spree (1981), Round Up the Usual Suspects! (1901), ‘Freedom Began Here’ (1851), Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant (1976), A Billion Here, A Billion There, Pretty Soon You’re Talking About Real Money (1996)

One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living With the Fallout of the Raids

Elizabeth Aguilera and Ben Poston Capital & Main
New analysis and firsthand accounts reveal the toll of the crackdown on immigrant communities in L.A. County and beyond. Thousands of people detained during the height of the raids remain in immigration custody or have already been deported.

It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

Jamelle Bouie New York TImes
Like the slave owners, the MAGA movement and its allies are opposed only to those aspects of government that they can’t wield against their enemies. They will happily enlarge the scope of federal authority beyond the limits of our Constitution.

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

David Bacon The Nation
With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold. Inspiring terror, as a tactic, is openly acknowledged.
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