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The Economist
The Economist
16 Feb 2025


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So far, mass deportation has been more rhetoric than reality

A raid in New Jersey highlights the barriers Donald Trump faces

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THREE DAYS after Donald Trump became president, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the Ocean Seafood Gourmet Market and Depot in Newark’s Ironbound district. ICE interrogated workers, including an American citizen, before making three arrests.  It is not clear whether the agents had a judicial warrant. The raid helped launch the Trump administration’s long-promised blitzkrieg of immigration enforcement. Cabinet officials and TV cameras have accompanied ICE on other raids; publicity creates deterrence and reinforces MAGA messaging.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 11th 2025

Checks and Balance newsletter: Donald Trump’s pick-and-choose federalism

Not so long ago Republicans were advocates of giving states more power

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How Bob Dylan broke free

The biopic “A Complete Unknown” tells only part of the story


A man holds a placard against Elon Musk up during. protest in Washington

Elon Musk has been pushed out of the Treasury

But court filings reveal quite how deep DOGE got


What happened next at USAID

A textbook case of how not to cut wasteful government spending

Donald Trump wants states and cities to do as they are told

But local governments are taking immigration into their own hands

Donald Trump and the art of the quid pro quo

The president likes to kneecap prosecutions of his friends