How the US immigration crackdown undermines democracy

Schwartz, Stephanie ORCID: 0000-0001-6592-953X and Steele, Abbey (2025) How the US immigration crackdown undermines democracy. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (20 Mar 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The last two months have seen significant actions by the new Trump administration on immigration and against immigrants, from unwarranted deportations to increased enforcement at the Southern border. Stephanie Schwartz and Abbey Steele writes that the crackdown is not – as the administration claims – about law and order, or even about immigration. They argue that these harsh immigration actions are part of the administration’s strategy for dismantling democracy by amassing coercive power and rallying pro-government right-wing militias to further an agenda of white nationalism and mass deportations.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2025 15:33
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2025 15:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127931

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