Sarah M. Rich
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Also: This widely obscures the role that the US often has in the countries we later declare “failed.” Often, their mess is our mess.
Stephen Miller explains his view about why non-Aryans Musk not be allowed to emigrate to the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Also: This widely obscures the role that the US often has in the countries we later declare “failed.” Often, their mess is our mess.
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This is so far into virulent racism, there can be no normalization of this. For a long time, people have said we're on the road to a new Nazi regime. Well, here we are. If you were ever planning to fight violent fascism, the time is now.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is so far into virulent racism, there can be no normalization of this. For a long time, people have said we're on the road to a new Nazi regime. Well, here we are. If you were ever planning to fight violent fascism, the time is now.
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Trump and Miller want to turn the clock back to the era of American immigration politics I think few of us were taught honestly about in American public education, outside reading The Great Gatsby
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump and Miller want to turn the clock back to the era of American immigration politics I think few of us were taught honestly about in American public education, outside reading The Great Gatsby
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Fantastic opinion from W.D. Tex. dismissing criminal assault charges against a man who was sitting in his truck when a DHS agent punched through the window and cut himself in the process. 1/n 1https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522.64.0.pdf
Order Dismissing Indictment/Information – #64 in United States v. Quintanilla-Chavez (W.D. Tex., 5:25-cr-00388) – CourtListener.com
Order Dismissing Indictment--For the reasons stated above, the Defendants Motion to Dismiss Counts for Inability to Prove a Charge (ECF No. 37) is GRANTED. The Defendants Motion to Suppress and Motion...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Fantastic opinion from W.D. Tex. dismissing criminal assault charges against a man who was sitting in his truck when a DHS agent punched through the window and cut himself in the process. 1/n 1https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522.64.0.pdf
In fact the Declaration of Independence specifically charges the King with "endeavour[ing] to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; [and] refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither."
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In fact the Declaration of Independence specifically charges the King with "endeavour[ing] to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; [and] refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither."
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The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Here's a helpful short report from Sen. Schiff detailing how the administration is breaking the law to push visual propaganda (those huge banners of Trump on federal buildings): www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/u.... With a comparative slideshow of other authoritarians' banners at the end!
www.schiff.senate.gov
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's a helpful short report from Sen. Schiff detailing how the administration is breaking the law to push visual propaganda (those huge banners of Trump on federal buildings): www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/u.... With a comparative slideshow of other authoritarians' banners at the end!
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The most important immigration fights right now are about the Constitution. None of it has anything to do with the substance of immigration policy. If you stand with ICE, you stand against the Constitution.
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The most important immigration fights right now are about the Constitution. None of it has anything to do with the substance of immigration policy. If you stand with ICE, you stand against the Constitution.
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
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if we made immigration work how people think it works that would be the biggest liberalization of immigration in American history
Thinking on this point and there really is maybe a golden opportunity in the near future to make immigration radically simpler. Clear out the queues, make green cards easier, etc. Public opinion is sort of pro immigration right now and it might only go up
3. However, this leads to centering punishing ICE rather than helping immigrants (through regularization of status, increasing visa quotas, etc.). There are viral posts here about the need to prosecute ICE members after Trump leaves office. There aren't any about giving immigrants green cards.
August 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
if we made immigration work how people think it works that would be the biggest liberalization of immigration in American history
I'm excited to participate in this conversation on Thursday, hosted by @fairfightaction.bsky.social. Immigration is a key issue for everyone who cares about democracy, and I can't wait to discuss with Nana Gyamfi of BAJI and the amazing Sherrilyn Ifill!
You’re invited to the next installment of our Fair Fight: Together virtual conversation series — this time, we’re talking immigration.
Join us for a powerful discussion featuring leading voices in the fight for immigrant justice and civil rights!
bit.ly/FairFightTog...
Join us for a powerful discussion featuring leading voices in the fight for immigrant justice and civil rights!
bit.ly/FairFightTog...
July 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm excited to participate in this conversation on Thursday, hosted by @fairfightaction.bsky.social. Immigration is a key issue for everyone who cares about democracy, and I can't wait to discuss with Nana Gyamfi of BAJI and the amazing Sherrilyn Ifill!
I was on a great panel yesterday with @naynagupta.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social, and Ama Frimpong of CASA to discuss immigration, democracy, and our path forward. Thanks to @thenewrepublic.bsky.social for hosting and moderating! youtu.be/mwnjIVzcZYQ?...
Immigration Report Card
YouTube video by The New Republic
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was on a great panel yesterday with @naynagupta.bsky.social, @daralind.bsky.social, and Ama Frimpong of CASA to discuss immigration, democracy, and our path forward. Thanks to @thenewrepublic.bsky.social for hosting and moderating! youtu.be/mwnjIVzcZYQ?...
I started my legal career as a farmworker attorney. These jobs are incredibly difficult -- both hard on the body and requiring skill and know-how. Pay is low, wage theft is rife, benefits are nonexistent, and work is seasonal. It is always, always the most vulnerable who take these jobs.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I started my legal career as a farmworker attorney. These jobs are incredibly difficult -- both hard on the body and requiring skill and know-how. Pay is low, wage theft is rife, benefits are nonexistent, and work is seasonal. It is always, always the most vulnerable who take these jobs.
From "alien enemies" to the "enemy within," it's the fascist two-step.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From "alien enemies" to the "enemy within," it's the fascist two-step.
The publicized crackdown on organized crime (sending supposed gang members to indefinite extralegal detention in El Salvador) is actually facilitating organized crime (collusion between Bukele and MS-13) - using anti-immigrant policy to hide high-level corruption.
Using my last gift link for the month because this is so mind-blowing, even for Trump. He's sending MS-13 gang members back to El Salvador, where they're being treated like royalty, so that he can suck up to the dictator, who's been locking up his deportees. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13. His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The publicized crackdown on organized crime (sending supposed gang members to indefinite extralegal detention in El Salvador) is actually facilitating organized crime (collusion between Bukele and MS-13) - using anti-immigrant policy to hide high-level corruption.
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Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
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This is a demographic engineering project. They don’t care that this is all made up bullshit. They want a nation of tiered citizenship based on race, religion and ideology
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is a demographic engineering project. They don’t care that this is all made up bullshit. They want a nation of tiered citizenship based on race, religion and ideology
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This was always clearly the objective and many in the media also insisted on treating anyone who said so clearly like they were some kind of lunatic bsky.app/profile/carn...
The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.
June 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This was always clearly the objective and many in the media also insisted on treating anyone who said so clearly like they were some kind of lunatic bsky.app/profile/carn...
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For all you fancy boys and girls who say
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'
You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'
You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For all you fancy boys and girls who say
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'
You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'
You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).
🧵⬇️
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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In short: don’t let the absence of the words “Insurrection Act” fool you. Trump has authorized the deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE activity might occur. That is a huge red flag for democracy in the United States. 19/19
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In short: don’t let the absence of the words “Insurrection Act” fool you. Trump has authorized the deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE activity might occur. That is a huge red flag for democracy in the United States. 19/19
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ICE activity is happening across the country, and will likely draw protests in many places. Trump is authorizing military deployment nationwide, regardless of whether protests involve violence *or are even happening yet.* 14/19
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ICE activity is happening across the country, and will likely draw protests in many places. Trump is authorizing military deployment nationwide, regardless of whether protests involve violence *or are even happening yet.* 14/19