As Donald Trump ramps up attacks on immigrant communities, he’s building the machinery for a far-reaching authoritarian project. In this episode of The Red Thread, we unpack how anti-immigrant rhetoric is being weaponized to supercharge ICE, recruit a new wave of agents, and quietly expand the domestic role of the U.S. military.

From billion-dollar budget boosts and “Defend the Homeland” recruitment drives to National Guard troops in detention centers and Pentagon land grabs, we trace increased militarization inside U.S. borders — and why it won’t stop with immigrants.

Finally, we discuss what it will take to fight back, why the working class must take coordinated action, and how a mass, working-class movement can confront and dismantle the repressive state — for immigrants, for workers, and for all oppressed people.

Read more:
https://www.leftvoice.org/ices-recruitment-campaign-is-desperate-and-dangerous-workers-must-lead-the-fightback/

https://www.leftvoice.org/trumps-war-on-immigrants-is-a-trojan-horse-for-domestic-militarization/

Hosts: Emma and Killian
Producer: Luigi Morris
Music: Griffin Brown

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