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Hotels have become part of the front lines of local resistance against immigration enforcement. Between roaring chants and ringing whistles, the message of a “noise protest” is clear: Immigration agents are not welcome, and businesses that serve them are legitimate targets for disruption. |
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Unions in Minnesota and across the country have spent the week after an immigration officer murdered Alex Pretti discussing how to escalate, including toward a national general strike. |
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At the end of the day, the courts are a slender reed. Where convenient, the Trump administration simply defies the courts. Ultimately, it has to be the citizenry that restrains Trump—or not. |
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Republicans in Congress appear to be bending to Democratic demands to attach some conditions to future funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But those just-released conditions may not do much to change the trajectory of the brutal and deadly incursions of ICE and Border Protrol. |
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Many in the media have declared this a significant change of tone for Trump, if not a major defeat. Lost amid the pronouncements of tonal shifts are the actual circumstances on the ground in Minneapolis: ICE and CBP are still stalking the streets of the city, abusing and kidnapping people at will. |
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