Скачать или смотреть Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process | Agustina Vergara Cid

While the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has made the headlines recently, Vergara Cid shows that the same lawlessness has spanned decades. The Obama administration, notorious for its record deportations, simply carried forward policies Congress had long codified.

Trump’s crackdowns threaten to further erode due process, which Vergara Cid identifies as the crucial legal safeguard which “stands between you and authoritarianism.” Today’s victims are peaceful immigrants; tomorrow, the target could be any American who dares to challenge the state.

Among the topics covered:

• 0:00 The immigration crackdown’s flagrant violation of due process;
• 7:20 Why everyone should care about due process;
• 12:17 How our authoritarian immigration system became normalized;
• 22:10 How, despite the bleak reality, America still welcomes immigrants.

(Since recording, the men sent to El Salvador’s CECOT were released to Venezuela in a prisoner swap on July 18, 2025, after four months of imprisonment. Several now allege torture, and at least one alleges sexual assault. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...])

Recorded live on July 5th in Boston, MA as part of OCON 2025

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