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How would Jews fleeing Europe have fared under Trump's anti-immigration policies?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the potential fate of Jewish and other refugees had they faced the anti-immigration policies under Donald Trump's administration, likening these policies to a form of racial purity code reminiscent of Nazi values. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpNazi GermanyJewish RefugeesRacismAmerican SocietyImmigration PoliciesRacial ProfilingCommunity ResistancePostwar EuropeIce

Places mentioned

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
"In St. Paul, Minn., rapidresponse networks sprang up to protect immigrant families, alerting neighbors when ICE vans appeared and mobilizing lawyers to defend detainees."
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
"Charlotte offers one example: when ICE launched Operation Charlottes Web in November, agents stormed immigrant neighborhoods and even a church, prompting pastors to prepare sanctuaries and residents to organize vigils and rapidresponse patrols."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"During Trumps first major sweep, in Los Angeles, mass protests turned the city into a showcase of resistance rather than submission."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"ICE agents attempts to arrest a 16yearold high school student in Rhode Island this month offers a stirring example of community compassion in action. The teen, interning for Superior Court Judge Joseph J. McBurney in Providence, was misidentified by agents who surrounded the judges car and threatened to smash the windows."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"From Chicago to Charlotte, from Los Angeles to Providence, neighbors, churches, and even judges have refused to be silent."
McMinnville, Oregon, United States
"In Oregon, nearly 300 students walked out of McMinnville High School to protest the ICE arrest of a classmate during lunch break and demanded school administrators create protocols to alert migrant students whenever ICE agents are spotted nearby."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Trumps Thanksgiving Day responses to the Washington, D.C. shooting of two National Guard members one of whom has died are among the most overtly racist statements he has ever made in public."
El Salvador
"More than 250 Venezuelan migrants were sent to El Salvadors notorious CECOT prison, branded by critics as a black hole of humanity."
South Sudan
"Other migrants have been spirited away to South Sudan and countries where they had never set foot their destinies left unknown."
Norway
"During his first term as president, Trump said America should welcome more immigrants from places like Norway, rather than from Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations which he dismissed as shithole countries."
Haiti
"During his first term as president, Trump said America should welcome more immigrants from places like Norway, rather than from Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations which he dismissed as shithole countries."
South Africa
"The Trump administrations unequal treatment of white South Africans and Palestinian survivors of Gaza is an infuriating display of heartlessness and racism."

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