Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Jesse Adams (The Ivy Exile) argues that U.S. immigration enforcement is designed more to signal toughness than to actually remove undocumented workers. Raiding employers would be effective—but politically costly. The result is enforcement that feels cruel while doing nothing to address actual illegal immigration.


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