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The “Red Revenge” Tour: A Q&A with Pedro Rios about What to Expect in the Borderlands with Donald Trump

Trump's first run "was all about building the border wall and contriving a fictional ‘bad hombre’ bogeyman to fear and loathe." This time the "tactical dehumanization" has an extra "rabid vigor."

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Todd Miller
Nov 14, 2024
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An open-air detention site in 2023 near San Diego. (Photo by Pedro Rios.)

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The incoming Donald Trump administration is already moving fast on border and immigration enforcement in preparation for its second term. Thomas Homan—who ran ICE from 2017 to 2018 and was the architect of Trump’s family separation policy—was appointed “border czar,” a title that h…

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