Air Date 2/21/2025

There is nothing other than racism at the heart of Trump's immigration policy. He wants to deport as many brown people as possible, stop as many immigrants and refugees as possible unless they're White people from South Africa or the nearly 40 million Canadians he's inviting to enjoy immediate US citizenship. This is not complicated. Trump is a disgusting, blatant racist (and always has been) who's trying to turn the US into a White ethnostate.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Trump’s Unconstitutional Rampage Against Immigration - Amicus - Air Date 1-25-25

KP 2: Guantanamo's other history Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 2-10-12

KP 3: Know your rights (immigration edition) - Make Your Damn Bed - Air Date 1-23-25

KP 4: Operation Wetback and the Bipartisan Legacy of US Deportations Part 1 - Letters and Politics - Air Date 1-16-25

KP 5: Extraordinary Cruelty, Ordinary Policy: Immigration and Deportation Under Trump 2.0. - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 1-31-25

(45:30) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On what we can learn from imaginary borders

DEEPER DIVES

(51:24) SECTION A: RIGHTS & FIGHTS

(1:26:42) SECTION B: GITMO & HAITI

(1:48:34) SECTION C: BIPARTISAN EXPLOITATION

(2:36:28) SECTION D: REALITY ON THE GROUND

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