The Supreme Court has quashed a lower court order that sought to make sure the Trump administration wasn't sending deportees to unsafe nations. While the decision isn't final, the SCOTUS judges have made removing detained immigrants much easier for now. Meanwhile the massive detention infrastructure needed to house the ten of thousands of people scooped up in ICE raids is being worked on all over the nation. Old prisons with terrible reputations are being re-opened and new facilities are being built. Get up to date on all of this, plus Alligator Alcatraz, in this Weekly Brief.
The Politics of New America explains and explores the policies of the American federal government in this era of radical change.
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