An onlooker holds a sign that reads "shame" as members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Progressives have long argued that Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is a fundamentally fascistic enterprise. In their telling, the president’s goal is not merely to enforce America’s borders but to purify its blood — and unleash state violence against anyone who resists his campaign of ethnic cleansing.
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Trump defended an ICE...
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