Washington, DC — There is a daily drumbeat of coverage about the growing consensus and fear that Donald Trump’s signature policy agenda – promoting mass deportations, stripping protections from millions of immigrants here legally and threatening massive tariffs related to immigration flows – will hit key American industries and...
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Donald Trump’s mass deportation team has been taking shape, and it is alarming, as expected. Trump has announced that he has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, joining noted white nationalist Stephen Miller and former acting ICE director Thomas Homan to...
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Throughout the past week, families and friends gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, express gratitude, and share delicious dishes. For some of our immigrant neighbors, this was their first time celebrating this uniquely American tradition that has refugee origins of its own. In Philadelphia, 17-year-old Carmen Hernandez was among neighbors celebrating...
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15 million, 20 million, 30 million, or one of every six people currently living in the US: these are the numbers the incoming Trump administration has been using to project the sort of scale they hope for from their mass deportation regime. These eye-popping numbers are likely a logistical...
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The incoming Trump administration and their allies in Congress have promised to make unsparing mass deportations their top priority, including a return to devastating workplace raids. Unfortunately, we don’t have to imagine the downstream consequences but look to workplace raids from the last time Trump was in power. The...
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This is not just about deporting the undocumented, U.S. citizens are in the crosshairs too. Analysis by David Leopold, America’s Voice legal advisor, past president, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Immigration Group Leader, Ulmer & Berne LLP. Donald Trump and his allies appear to understand that mass...
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Washington, DC — As HuffPost reported this morning, Donald Trump “has confirmed reports that he plans to declare a national emergency to enact a mass deportation program. The president-elect, who repeatedly vowed to deport undocumented immigrants during his campaign, said the reports are ‘true’ in a post on his...
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A number of Democratic governors and local leaders from coast to coast are beginning to take action to resist Donald Trump’s violent mass deportation agenda and protect undocumented families in their communities and states, including by strengthening safer city ordinances, preventing the use of local resources in mass raids...
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Donald Trump has announced that Thomas Homan, a Project 2025 contributor and former acting ICE director under his first administration, will be returning to his second term as a “border czar” to carry out the ”bloody” mass deportation agenda that was the signature promise of his 2024 presidential campaign...
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For a longer-form, more detailed version of this “10 Things” overview, visit the AV Substack HERE Washington, DC — While there’s much we don’t yet know with less than two weeks remaining in a tightly contested 2024 election cycle, below are 10 things we do know with confidence about...
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