Immigration enforcement often serves as a leading indicator of broader institutional norm erosion. Expansion of expedited removal, mass detention without due process, and deployment of enforcement infrastructure beyond traditional immigration contexts can normalize executive overreach that later extends to other domains.

Enforcement machinery built without due-process limits transfers intact to the next administration, pointed wherever it chooses. Why this matters →

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