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Amy Cooter

Amy Cooter

Amy Cooter is a Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, at Middlebury.

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A Texas National Guardsman observes as Border Patrol agents pat down migrants who have surrendered themselves for processing at Gate 42, some after waiting near the border wall for days, May 10, 2023. Congress is currently debating a new border security package. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source NM)

As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back, but standing by

By: - November 27, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military on American streets to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants. Many experts’ concerns about this program have included the facts that immigrants contribute enormous value to the U.S. […]