The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda \u2013 here are some of the most high-profile cases<\/p>\n
Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage<\/a> \u201cthe largest deportation operation in American history\u201d. The administration has set about<\/a> further militarizing<\/a> the US-Mexico border<\/a> and targeting<\/a> asylum seekers and refugees<\/a> while conducting raids<\/a> in undocumented communities<\/a> and spreading fear<\/a>.<\/p>\n Critics<\/a> are outraged<\/a>, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter<\/a> that unfolded next: a multi-pronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president\u2019s ideological agenda. This assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education<\/a>, the courts<\/a> and the constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda \u2013 here are some of the most high-profile cases Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage \u201cthe largest deportation operation in American history\u201d. The administration has set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting asylum seekers and refugees while conducting … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}