President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump Wants ‘Garbage’ Somalis Out

The President minced no words.

The Same Subject Continued

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

What’s Different Now About Views of ICE?

Thinking about the intellectual foundations of contemporary immigration policy.

Cruelty Quotas

Arresting the spouses of Americans at Green Card appointments.

Trump to ‘Permanently Pause’ Immigration from Poor Countries

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

Rubio Orders Pressure on Mass Migration

The State Department will be pressing our closest allies to control their borders.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent and CBP representative discuss U.S. Customs and Border Protection pedestrian border barrier requirements near Lukeville, Arizona, May 7. USACE is supporting the Department of Homeland Security's request to build pedestrian fencing, construct and improve roads, and install lighting within the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Border Patrol sectors following the Feb. 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States. The Department of Defense has the authority under Section 284 of Title 10, U.S. Code, to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotics activities of federal law enforcement agencies. A U.S. Border Patrol agent and CBP representative discuss U.S. Customs and Border Protection pedestrian border barrier requirements near Lukeville, Arizona, May 7. USACE is supporting the Department of Homeland Security's request to build pedestrian fencing, construct and improve roads, and install lighting within the Yuma and Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Border Patrol sectors following the Feb. 15 national emergency declaration on the southern border of the United States. The Department of Defense has the authority under Section 284 of Title 10, U.S. Code, to construct roads and fences and to install lighting to block drug-smuggling corridors across international boundaries of the United States in support of counter-narcotics activities of federal law enforcement agencies.

Department of Deportation

Surging resources to immigration enforcement comes with tradeoffs.

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Worst of the Worst Update

Of license plate holders and perfume bottles.

In Front of Our Noses: Zip-Tying Citizens Just in Case

The Feds raid an apartment building in Chicago.

In Front of Our Noses: The Endless Grift

Allegations of shutting down an investigation.

Xenophobia and Trump’s Latest Visa Move

Ramping up the H-1B fees is not a good idea.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, April 2, 2025.

Reports Suggest Pentagon Shifting Focus To Domestic Defense

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

SCOTUS Allows LA Immigration Raids

The Shadow Docket strikes again.

[LLM image generated by President Trump's staff or a supporter and shared by President on Truth Social reading "Apocalypse Now" and President Trump in the role of antagonist Bill Kilgore] [LLM image generated by President Trump's staff or a supporter and shared by President on Truth Social reading "Apocalypse Now" and President Trump in the role of antagonist Bill Kilgore]

[Updated] A Trump Meme Says All The Quiet Parts Out Loud

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

ICE Trucks

Don’t confuse them with the ice cream man.

Is Alligator Alcatraz a Concentration Camp?

One expert says yes.

Scapegoating and Merchandizing Cruelty

Believe it when people tell you who they are.

Worst of the Worst Update

Reality v. unreality.

In Front of Our Noses: Another Democratic Official Arrested

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

Trump And Miller At Functional Odds On Immigration Policy [Updated: Or maybe not]

The challenges and harms of meeting campaign promises.

YouGov Poll on National Guard Deployment to LA

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

Autocracy is Popular

While critics warn of fascism, the public is thus far backing Trump’s immigration crackdown.

A Pattern of Turning Away Members of Congress is Emerging Amid Concerns of Detention Facility Conditions

Like in NJ, ICE rejects a Representative from seeing a facility in CA.

Some Random Tweets And Thoughts On The LA Protests

There’s always a tweet

A Reminder about “Proof”

The curious case of the finger tattoos.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returned to the US

He now faces a federal indictment.

Stop Conflating Elite Schools with All Schools!

A plea to the mass media and anyone else who is guilty.

In Front of Our Noses: Defying the Courts

Administrative “errors.”

The Case of the Afrikaners

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

The Authoritarian Fantasties of Stephen Miller

Habemus habeas corpus?

We’re Deporting US Citizens, Including Children

Apparently, this is who we are now.

Lying in the Service of Human Rights Abuse

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

A Musical Observation

Eye of the storm, indeed.

Making America Inhospitable

The targeting of international students.

A False and Immoral Catch-22

It is one helluva a catch

Trump Administration Continues to Fight to Keep an Innocent Man in a Gulag

The saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia continues to underscore the immoral nature of this presidency and its power goals.

Being Sent to CECOT is an Inhumane, Slow-Motion Death Sentence

To the Trump administation this a feature, not a bug.

What Do “Facilitate” and “Effectuate” Mean?

Some less optimistic thoughts on the SCOTUS ruling.

SCOTUS Takes a Stand

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

I Really Don’t Know Why I Keep Thinking These People are Fascists…

Todd Lyons, acting Director of ICE provides the latest example.