100 Days of Fear

Immigration

A tough stance on immigration was a central plan of Trump's re-election campaign, and the president has used his broad powers of enforcement to deliver that pledge.

However, along with the deportation of “killers and thugs” that Trump says are being targeted, civil rights lawyers warn that some migrants are being deported without due process, sweeping up the innocent, including citizens and legal residents.

From the erroneous deportation of a Maryland father to a mega-prison in El Salvador, to the most recent removal of 3 children with U.S. citizenship to Honduras, the Trump administration is fast crossing “illegal and unconstitutional” lines with their approach to immigration.

Attack on Free Speech

Expanding on his immigration efforts, Trump “appears to be targeting Muslim and non-white students for deportation”.

Since the start of the student crackdown,

the Trump administration has appeared to have a special focus on students from Muslim-majority countries,

but recently has appeared to widen to include students from other countries such as India, South Korea, and China.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said under his direction,

more than 300 visas – “primarily student visas, some visitor visas” – have been revoked.

In some cases, the government has gone after students with minor infractions or misdemeanors on their record, or, for others, no criminal history at all.

Universities and other institutions helped lay the groundwork for Trump’s supercharged attacks on political speech that defies his agenda.

Attack on Diversity

Donald Trump's first 100 days have been an unprecedented display of unilateral power exercised by a modern American president.

Trump has directed the federal government to end its diversity and equity (DEI) programs

and investigate private companies and academic institutions thought to be engaged in "illegal DEI".

First introduced in the 1960s in the wake of civil rights victories, early forms of DEI were an attempt to expand opportunities for black Americans. They later expanded to take in women, LGBT rights and other racial groups.

Among other things, the Trump executive orders terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, positions, and programs in the federal government. They also terminate equity-related grants and contracts.

They also challenge the programs of publicly traded corporations, large nonprofits, philanthropic foundations, professional associations, and institutions of higher education that are designed to advance equity, including by threatening legal action, with the obvious goal of chilling their programs.