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On Immigration: Racist to enlist local police to assist ICE

ACLU analysis 6/2/22: The 287(g) program is a set of partnerships between ICE and law enforcement agencies. The program taps state and local law enforcement agencies to assist in identifying people for arrest and potential deportation. From its earliest days, the 287(g) program has been a vehicle for racist, anti-immigrant politicians, rather than the bona fide public safety measure its proponents have claimed. By the end of the Obama administration--following damning DOJ civil rights investigations that spurred reform--only 34 local agencies remained in the program. Yet today, following the Trump administration's recruitment efforts, the 287(g) program [has] more than 140 law enforcement agency partnerships nationwide.

On Immigration: OpEd: Great Replacement is new version of old conspiracy

ACLU Analysis 6/21/22: The Great Replacement conspiracy is a relatively new version of a conspiracy that has roots going back to the founding of America. In a nutshell, this conspiracy states that immigration policies, particularly those impacting non-white, non-European immigrants, are designed to increase the non-white, non-European population in an effort to undermine (or replace) the political and cultural power of America’s white majority. Unfortunately, xenophobic political parties are nothing new in the United States. The rhetoric commonly used by Great Replacement supporters centers on defending America from an "invasion" of immigrants looking to "take over." 

On Immigration: Great Replacement is dangerous new version of old conspiracy

ACLU Analysis 6/21/22: The Great Replacement conspiracy is a relatively new version of a conspiracy that has roots going back to the founding of America. In a nutshell, this conspiracy states that immigration policies, particularly those impacting non-white, non-European immigrants, are designed to increase the non-white, non-European population in an effort to undermine (or replace) the political and cultural power of America’s white majority. Unfortunately, xenophobic political parties are nothing new in the United States. The rhetoric commonly used by Great Replacement supporters centers on defending America from an "invasion" of immigrants looking to "take over."