Trump’s Project 2025 Mass Deportation Scheme mapped
Mass Deportation Is Fascism
“Trump promises mass deportation of all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That’s at least 10, maybe even as high as 20, million people. The policy would impact some 1 in 20 households in America where there is at least one undocumented immigrant living there.
This policy cause massive disruptions to our economy… undocumented immigrants make up a huge percentage of the essential workers in our economy, performing jobs few Americans want, from picking our crops, to caring for our sick, to hauling our trash. Deporting them or forcing them into hiding would disrupt our supply chains, our food distribution, our construction and manufacturing, and critical services…” — The Status Kuo excerpts
How big an impact would mass deportations have on your state? How many families would be torn apart because one family member was undocumented? What happened when the U.S. rounded up Americans of Japanese descent during World War II? Who are the MAGA Senators and Governors behind Trump’s fascist deportation scheme? How does Trump’s Project 2025 describe the scheme? Check this map created with ArcGIS Online and data from FWD.
Mapping Project 2025 fascism
Tearing apart families
“About 10.6 million U.S. citizens live with an undocumented immigrant.
Nearly 5.5 million U.S. citizen children under age 18 live with at least one undocumented household member.
More than 22 million people in the U.S. live in mixed-status households with at least one undocumented person lives…” — FWD
MAGA attacks on immigrants
This nationalist concept is at the heart of MAGA attacks on immigrants, which were in full display at the Republican convention… Thomas Homan, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Trump’s first two years in office, told undocumented immigrants: “You better start packing to go home.”
Trump has promised to round up 11 million migrants currently living in the U.S., put them in camps, and deport them. There were actually preprinted signs at the convention for attendees to wave, which they did with apparent enthusiasm. The signs said: “MASS DEPORTATION NOW!” — Heather Cox Richardson
Image credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it” — Georg Santayana
Trump and Project 2025 overlap
“On immigration, Mr. Trump has made no secret of his plans to hold the largest mass deportation effort in history. Project 2025, likewise, suggested the removal of any and all “immigration violators.”
Eroding the independence of the Justice Department. Mr. Trump has frequently criticized the legitimacy of the department’s investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Project 2025 argues that the department suffers from bureaucratic bloat and must be reined in… The campaign and Project 2025 also share equal demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs…” — NY Times excerpts
Racist and discriminatory treatment
Trump, in describing his domestic rivals as “vermin,” has co-opted language used by “Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University in The Washington Post. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung warned that those who liken Trump to the 20th-century dictators will have “their entire existence…crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.” — Vanity Fair
Japanese American internment, the forced relocation by the U.S. government of thousands of Japanese Americans to detention camps during World War II. That action was the culmination of the federal government’s long history of racist and discriminatory treatment of immigrants and their descendants. — Brittanica
Authoritarians create a community of the included by persecuting others… watch for the warning signs. — Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The fascist playbook isn’t new, but you have to learn to spot the warning signs. The Nazi rise power started with persecuting minorities: Jews, LGBTQ, union workers, women… Martin Niemöller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany. His poem warns of the need to stand up for the vulnerable and fighting fascism while you still can.
TakeAway: Don’t let history repeat itself. Vote for Democrats to stop Trump’s fascist Project 2025 deportations.
Deepak
DemLabs
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Resources
MARTIN NIEMÖLLER — Holocaust Museum
Will the “Culture War” Fascists Win? — Thom Hartmann
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present — Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Chilling list of 14 early warning signs of fascism — Indy 100
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them — Jason Stanley
The Hidden History of American Oligarchy — Thom Hartmann
Reposted from Democracy Labs with permission.
