Storming courthouses, grabbing students off the street, raiding places of work, and sweeping through restaurants at prime dining hours are in and of themselves tactics clearly designed to engender fear and sow chaos in the population.
Padilla criticizes aggressive immigration tactics that create fear in communities.
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their only chance of holding on to power in the midterms is to rig the election.
Instead of going after criminals, this administration has chosen to double down on raiding workplaces and profiling people who are out driving, creating widespread fear and panic that is hurting our economy and society.
Donald Trump wants a spectacle not just to distract from his failed policies, but to justify his undemocratic crackdowns and his authoritarian power grabs.
If that’s what they’ll do to a United States Senator for having the audacity to simply ask a question, imagine what they’ll do to any American who dares to speak up.
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