The presence of supporters at a person's "check in" with Immigration authorities, and other community responses to immigrant abuse, helps insure rules are followed.
The most powerful White House staffer, Stephen Miller, has written or edited every executive order Trump has put into place. Many question his legal tactics and ability to continue spreading his white supremacist ideology. Many of his initiatives are in court.
Takeout
Julie Rogers
walking to the restaurant:
someone heaped in a blanket
on the sidewalk next
to a wheelchair
this person could reach
the metal frame, pull it over
and hold on...
The separation of immigrant families at the border was barred by the 2023 settlement of a lawsuit, but the Trump administration has found a way to brutally reimpose family separations, by moving the practice away from the border and doing it through the ongoing ICE raids.
The November, 2025 election was a win for the workers, renters, the forgotten, and dreamers. It wasn't just about beating the far-right. It was also about rejecting the stale Democratic politics that too often bends to corporate donors and Wall Street.