Trump's war against immigrants

Hatred of immigrants has been a major theme of Trump since his 2016 run. During his first administration, we saw him engage in cruelty against immigrants as a policy, kidnapping children and breaking up families (many have never been reunited). It'll be worse this time around, and to the extent that Trump fits a definition of fascist, it'll be in this area we'll likely see actions qualifying as such -- direct state violence and state-sanctioned "private" violence targeting national, religious, and ethnic groups disfavored by the government. It'll happen enough that a thread specifically about it, unfortunately, will make sense.

And lest people attempt a defense by saying it's about illegal immigration, keep in mind that a big part of his strategy is to make legal immigration nearly impossible. He'll talk about "illegal" immigrants, then work to make most immigration "illegal."

For example:

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection on Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know that the app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been cancelled.

So now many people literally can't be documented.

And we already see him saying he's going to use the military, and claiming he can unilaterally overturn the constitution and "end" birthright citizenship.

we're in the Stephen Miller Presidency.

who has the distinction of being the first politician to ever denigrate the Statue of Liberty.

(first to me anyway.)