From “Muslim Ban” to systemic discrimination: Trump reveals his anti-immigration administrative machine
Trump’s new migration decree: a radical tightening of anti-immigration policy according to an analysis published by The Nation, one of the oldest American progressive magazines The anti-immigration measures of Donald Trump cross a new CAP, much more threatening than His famous “Muslim Ban” of the Trump era, reveals an in -depth investigation by The Nation magazine, a reference publication of the American left founded in 1865.
Signed discreetly at the end of January, a presidential decree initiated an implacable administrative process that deeply upset immigration to the United States. This new version, unlike the first version which had sparked a wave of protests in American airports, is insidiously installed via bureaucratic procedures.
The text provides for a revision involving several secretaries of state, which should lead to a list of countries in the spring of which the nationals will be the subject of entry restrictions in the United States. Even more alarming, the decree imposes draconian evaluation criteria concerning “the attitude” of foreigners towards American culture and values.
Disturbing particularity: the measure will be retroactive. People already admitted to American territory, including green card holders, could be the subject of a “re -evaluation” which can lead to their expulsion. The impact on the academic world promises to be particularly devastating. University exchange programs, including the prestigious Fulbright program, could be threatened if certain study disciplines are deemed contrary to “Maga values”. Foreign researchers working on sensitive subjects such as feminist studies or African-American history may be refused access to the American territory.
Although the final list of countries targeted is not yet established, The Nation’s survey reveals a potentially unlimited field of application, largely exceeding the majority Muslim countries initially targeted under the first Trump presidency. Observers note that geopolitical relations with China and certain Latin American countries could influence future entry restrictions on American territory.
In this context of increased repression, civil rights organizations call for massive and sustainable mobilization. “If this decree becomes an instrument of generalized discrimination, then it is everyone’s business,” said Sarah Martinez, a lawyer specializing in immigration law, quoted by the magazine. “This time, the institutional resistance will be almost impossible,” says the newspaper an former civil servant under the cover of anonymity. “The climate in administrations is at the terror of the purges, and the new agents have already integrated these repressive and normal practices.”
This analysis of The Nation magazine, a media historically engaged in the defense of civil rights in the United States, highlights the danger of a text which, under cover of administrative procedures, sets up an unprecedented institutionalized discrimination system. This new approach, more sneaky but with devastating implications, constitutes a brutal rupture with the fundamental principles of the right of American asylum and immigration.
