The Politics of Mass Deportation
The surge at the border under Joe Biden was a political failure, and one that MAGA weaponized with brutal efficiency. The Left has to offer its own solutions.
Trump’s immigration agenda collapsed under its own contradictions. Capital pushed back, cities revolted, and the public rejected the brutality. But the Left still has to offer a way forward. (Angela Wylie / Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
Donald Trump has made the issue of immigration a key battleground in American politics. But with public opinion swinging against the brutal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and deportations over the past year, how should the Left respond?
On the latest episode of the Jacobin Radio podcast Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek are joined by Catalyst editorial board member Suzy Lee. Suzy has written extensively on the political economy and politics of American immigration and migration more broadly. Together, they look at how Trump capitalized on the post-COVID surge in immigration and offer an alternative vision around immigrant rights and border politics.
Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber is produced by Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy and published by Jacobin. You can listen to the full episode here.
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