We are living in a particularly anti-immigration moment in the US. The Trump administration and many right-wing Republicans depict immigrants as dangerous criminals who must be contained and deported from the country. As most of us are aware by now, neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security makes any distinction in practice between documentedContinue reading “Immigration and/in Democracy”
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Arendt, Violence, Power, and ICE
Reports from observers on the ground and from news agencies have documented appalling violence committed by ICE in Minneapolis since agents arrived there in late December 2025, targeting both suspected undocumented immigrants and US citizens alike. What is going on here? I want to explore this moment through Hannah Arendt’s analysis of political violence asContinue reading “Arendt, Violence, Power, and ICE”
