"The speed with which the Trump administration has discarded norms, breaking and smashing the fragile immigration system, has 'stunned the journalism class,' [Daniel] Hernandez said.

'There’s been a lot of both-sidesing' in press coverage, he said. But 'it’s really hard to both-sides fascism, it does not look good. You still have to elevate your game and meet the moment.'”

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/16

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-were-trump-dhs-ice-agents-casing-puerto-rican-museum-chicago-la-taco

“About 8 in 10 Americans, 79%, say immigration is “a good thing” for the country today, an increase from 64% a year ago and a high point in the nearly 25-year trend. Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults say immigration is a bad thing right now, down from 32% last year.”

~ Linley Sanders

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/14

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/poll-shows-how-u-s-views-of-immigration-have-changed-since-trump-took-office

“Voters surveyed in the poll also had decidedly negative views of U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of immigration, as just 35% approved of how he was handling the issue while 62% disapproved….The low support for Trump's immigration policies in the Gallup poll is notable because polls in the past have consistently shown that it's his strongest issue among American voters.”

~ Brad Reed

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/13

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-immigration-support-poll

"A brand new Gallup poll shows that a record-high 79% of Americans consider immigration good for the country."

~ Norman Eisen

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/12

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/contrarians-to-the-rescue-on-birthright

"It’s no coincidence that many of the states where Trump is most popular are the states that enforced white supremacy with the greatest ferocity."

Chapman notes,

"Trump and his allies are doing their best to rule through systematic intimidation. It’s a new approach to the presidency. But it has deep roots in American history."

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/11

Steve Chapman notes the "ominous parallels" between what Trump-ICE are doing and what was long normative in the Jim Crow South: "the contempt for the rule of law, the pardoning of violent insurrectionists, the attacks on civil rights protections, the celebration of cruelty and, of course, the relentless effort to scare people into submission."

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/10

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-administrations-contempt-for

"The Department of Homeland Security posted an explicitly Christian nationalist and violent video on Facebook Reels captioned 'Here I am, send me' about how Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol are delivering the Lord’s justice."

~ Josh Marshall

Video's included in the linked article.

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/9

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lords-vengeance

"Let me be very clear: these people are not just participating in racist systems. They are racists. This is a conscious ideology. It’s not inherited bias from upbringing—it is active, deliberate, and indefensible."

~ Mary L. Trump

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https://www.marytrump.org/p/live-mary-trump-responds-to-breaking

"If they hesitate, attempt to leave, or do not answer the questions to the satisfaction of the agents, they are detained, sometimes tackled, handcuffed, and/or taken into custody.”

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/7

“The raids in this District follow a common, systematic pattern. Individuals with brown skin are approached or pulled aside by unidentified federal agents, suddenly and with a show of force, and made to answer questions about who they are and where they are from."

~ ACLU quoted by David Pepper

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/6

https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-shocking-details-of-the-la-ice

"A federal judge ruled that DHS and ICE have been arresting people in Los Angeles without probable cause—relying on factors like accent and occupation—and ordered the agencies to stop, also mandating immediate reforms after finding detainees were denied access to legal counsel in a basement holding area known as 'B-18.'"

~ Aaron Parnas

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/5

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-ice-ordered-to-stop-arresting

"All Trump gains with Latino are gone."

~ Mike Madrid quoted by Greg Dworkin

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/4

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/12/2332941/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-The-argument-for-paying-more-attention-to-the-Epstein-story

"Today in California, during an ICE raid at a farm where marijuana was being grown, a man [Jaime Alanís] was seriously injured by a fall from a multistory building. He has now died from his injuries. Enforcing the law is one thing. But this is not that. This is not justice. This is not fairness. This is un-American."

~ Joyce Vance

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/3

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/an-angry-judge-in-the-abrego-garcia