As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum
Ryan Devereaux
Police in Kenosha told armed vigilantes, “We appreciate you guys. We really do.” Then one of them killed two protesters.
The purported threat of antifa was long used to justify militarized targeting of immigration activists. Now it’s being used against protesters in Portland
While the White House beat the drum for a crackdown on a leaderless movement on the left, law enforcement offices across the country were sharing detailed reports of far-right extremists seeking to attack the protesters and police during the country’s historic demonstrations
“I can’t forget his look. His eyes. The way he was looking at everybody, like he was disgusted and hated everybody.” It seemed that no matter what you do, Blue said, “they’re going to treat you like an enemy.”
The country is now witnessing what years of militarized conditioning, training, and culture have wrought: a nationwide protest movement running up against a nationwide police riot
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to freeze its enforcement-to-detention pipeline
“What’s particularly frightening right now is that Trump has weaponized DHS, politically weaponized them.”
“We’re at the very beginning of what will be a long, official reckoning for one of the really astonishing crimes of our time.”
Salazar remembers three phrases sticking out: Your DACA’s expired. You’re in this country illegally. You’re under arrest.