The Trump administration has attempted to justify its harsh crackdown on immigrants as helpful for American workers. But as Sarah Lazare reports this week, the overwhelming evidence is that it’s doing the opposite<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Sarah points to examples, from labor organizers being targeted for deportation to federal immigration agents harassing U.S.-born workers on a picket line. And she highlights a growing body of research highlighting how immigration crackdowns actually lead to more wage and workplace violations against all workers, reduce jobs available for U.S.-born employees, and hurt the economy overall. Trump’s “masked, armed federal agents are creating hostile environments for all workers, not just immigrants,” she concludes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jordan Liz highlights the administration’s perverse rationale for targeting children in ICE raids<\/strong><\/a>. In the view of hardliners like Stephen Miller, Jordan explains, “the children of immigrants are just as \u2014 if not more \u2014 dangerous than their parents.” Therefore, “ICE will arrest, detain, cage, traumatize, and tear gas them. Agents will use them as bait, deny their rights, and deport<\/a> them in the name of defending America.” Instead, Jordan calls on Americans to stand up for children and others who can’t defend themselves.<\/p>\n Also this week, Eric Morrissette explains the importance of a Supreme Court case over whether Trump can fire a Fed governor<\/strong><\/a>. And Jim Hightower exposes the ruse behind the GOP’s so-called “ban” on stock trading<\/strong><\/a> by members of Congress.<\/p>\n New This Week…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too<\/a> | <\/strong>Sarah Lazare Trump and Vance Can\u2019t Be \u2018Pro-Life\u2019 While Committing Violence Against Children<\/a> | <\/strong>Jordan Liz One Woman\u2019s Refusal<\/a> | <\/strong>Eric Morrissette The GOP\u2019s Solution to Corruption: Just Legalize It<\/a> | <\/strong>Jim Hightower In Case You Missed It…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Alex Pretti and Renee Good Were Lynched. How Will We Respond?<\/a> | William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove The Senate Must Not Fund ICE<\/a> | <\/strong>Sonali Kolhatkar We Need Child Care, Not Partisan Threats<\/a> | <\/strong>Kate Schuett Trump\u2019s Judicial Nominees Signal Their Loyalty To Him, Endangering Us All<\/a> | <\/strong>Paul Gordon The post In OtherWords: February 5, 2026<\/a> appeared first on OtherWords<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n
\n<\/strong>The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers\u2019 ability to fight for better pay and conditions.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Children aren\u2019t exempt from ICE\u2019s violence. And for administration hardliners, that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The importance of Fed Governor Lisa Cook\u2019s stand against presidential pressure.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The party\u2019s so-called \u201cstock trading ban\u201d still allows members of Congress to own and sell stock in corporations they oversee.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>We don\u2019t need better training for the men who killed these activists. We need a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The money fueling ICE\u2019s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Freezing child care funding on the basis of partisan allegations only hurts working families like mine.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>If nominees are so desperate to avoid offending Trump now, how can we expect them to fairly consider arguments that he\u2019s violated the law when they\u2019re judges?<\/p>\n
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