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Analysis: Why Trump Is Weaponizing Tattoos and Antisemitism So Broadly
An announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a press release from the State Department highlight the Trump administration’s glaring duplicity and authoritarian nature
The recent announcement by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to screen noncitizens’ social media activity for antisemitism is yet another step toward the United States becoming everything they told us about countries they want us to hate, like Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, China, and North Korea. Agents given the power to decide what antisemitism is based on dubious definitions means noncitizens will be subject to even more discrimination.
With the attempts to silence dissent about a genocide over the last two years by redefining what antisemitism is and the passage of unconstitutional legislation like the Antisemitism Awareness Act to try and bolster that redefinition, Trump was handed a laser-guided weapon to use against his detractors. And despite being an administration that is arguably the most antisemitic in history, Trump is building on the misguided bipartisan efforts occurring before his second term.
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