#anti-immigrant-rhetoric

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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Go-to trope': how the far right are exploiting violence against women and girls

Our women, our daughters are scared to walk the streets, Tommy Robinson told tens of thousands of cheering supporters at last Saturday's unite the kingdom rally. Their safety has been taken from them, he said, his voice croaking from the strain of shouting into his microphone. Communities were crumbling, he added, at the hands of open border, mass uncontrolled immigration. The need to protect women and children from the threat posed by illegal immigration has this summer become an increasingly frequent rallying cry used by politicians on the right to justify a hardening anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Commentary: The evil absurdity of ICE's push to recruit law enforcement officers

ICE is running recruitment ads targeting local law enforcement, portraying undocumented immigrants as dangerous criminals and offering bonuses to join deportation enforcement.
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