Confronting Immigration Enforcement under Trump: A Reign of Terror for Immigrant Communities
When Donald J. Trump first announced his candidacy for the presidency, he instigated a national moral panic by broadly denouncing US immigration policy with rhetoric designed to criminalize all immigrants--be they naturalized, documented, or undocumented. His public pronouncements on this topic thro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Social justice
Year: 2018, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-97 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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| Summary: | When Donald J. Trump first announced his candidacy for the presidency, he instigated a national moral panic by broadly denouncing US immigration policy with rhetoric designed to criminalize all immigrants--be they naturalized, documented, or undocumented. His public pronouncements on this topic throughout his campaign set a firestorm of public fear and resentment ablaze, greatly aiding his effort to amass enough votes to win victory in the electoral college. One of his first acts as president was to issue executive orders designed to broaden and strengthen the immigration enforcement dragnet across the nation. This article examines the recent surge of anti-immigrant fervor in the United States and argues that immigrants and their allies struggling to survive the federal zero tolerance campaign need all the protection and support our citizenry can muster. |
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