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With the closing of the 2024 election, many are left feeling anxious about what a 2nd Trump term and a Republican-majority legislature and judiciary means for their communities.
The border has been a contentious issue for well over a century, with national debates on how the country should address immigration policies. Uncertain policies leave many immigrants worried about their future status, especially those from major immigration countries like Mexico, China, and India.
(FactCheck.org, 2024)
What can we expect these next 4 years in regards to the border?
What can we expect these next 4 years in regards to the border?
President-elect Donald Trump plans to implement stringent border policies, including but not limited to
Mass deportations aiming to deport millions of undocumented immigrants (FactCheck.org)
Border wall expansion intended to extend the U.S.-Mexico border wall (Time)
Reinstating travel bans to stop travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries to enter the U.S. (CBS News)
Policy reversals from previous administration's immigration policies aiming to restrict legal and illegal immigration such as the DACA program (AP News)
Who will this affect?
Who will this affect?
Millions will be impacted by forthcoming changes, including but not limited to
Undocumented immigrants
Asylum seekers and refugees, affecting those fleeing violence, persecution, or natural disasters
DACA recipients aka "Dreamers", affecting those brought to the U.S. as children
Immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries or others deemed "high-risk"
Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Local border communities affected by economic and social impact such as increased militarization and immigration enforcement
U.S. citizens and legal residents with a mixed-family status, those with undocumented family members
What exactly are they afraid of?
Anti-immigrant, specifically anti-Mexican immigrant, rhetoric relies on stereotypes and fear-mongering to fuel discrimination
Linking immigrants to crime and gang activity
Depicting immigrants as job thieves
Referring to immigrants as "terrorists" or "drug smugglers"
Fear of cultural replacement and erasure of national culture
Framing immigration as an "invasion"
Belief that undocumented immigrants are an economic burden and don't pay taxes
Depicting immigrants as a health risk
Protesters gathered at Los Angeles City Hall to oppose the government's 2018 policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border—a policy that was implemented and later halted that same year but raises concerns about similar outcomes under the Trump administration's stringent immigration proposals.
(CBC News, 2018)
Kinship in Crisis: A Choice Lost to Policy
"... troping of the family frequently shifts between her biologically given family and her sociopolitical family of choice, privileging neither relation over the other in the final analysis but rather animating the notion of a 'chosen family.'" (Rodríguez 325)
But what do we do when that choice gets taken away?
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*It is important to note that online news sources, especially those focused on policy matters, may display inherent biases. To mitigate this, we have consulted multiple sources that are generally considered reputable and strive for impartiality.
Claim: The 2024 Trump administration intends to commence mass deportation
Claim: There's an agenda to put federal resources to expanding the border wall
Claim: There's plans to bar travelers from Muslim-majority countries
Claim: There's concern on the reversing and reducing of legal immigration pathways
Claim: Anti-immigrant rhetoric and stereotypes are blatantly displayed in the media
Claim: Trump's first term resulted in many families being separated
Rodríguez, Richard. "Making Queer Familia." Routledge Queer Studies Reader, pp. 324-330.
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