The Supreme Court Is On Board With Trump’s Vicious Xenophobia— We’ll See If Midterm Voters Are

Trump Found A Million Non-Criminals To Deport

Today's racist Republican Party-- the Karen Brigade

On Friday, the Supreme Court cleared the way— at least for now— for the xenophobic, racist Trump regime to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of more than 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who have been allowed to live and work in the United States, legally, while their immigration cases play out. Justin Jouvenal reported that “The ruling is the second time in recent weeks the high court has given Trump officials permission to terminate programs that protect immigrants fleeing countries racked by war or economic turmoil. Earlier this month, the justices allowed the administration to revoke temporary protections that allowed a different group of nearly 350,000 Venezuelans to live and work in the United States.”

The most progressive of the justices, Ketanji Jackson, dissented: “The Court has plainly botched this assessment today. It undervalues the devastating consequences of allowing the Government to precipitously upend the lives and livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens while their legal claims are pending… [S]ocial and economic chaos will ensue if that many noncitizen parolees are suddenly and summarily remanded” [to their home countries]. She noted that many of the migrants “have integrated into American neighborhoods and communities in the hopes of eventually securing long term legal status.”

This is approximately 900,000 immigrants who, for no reason whatsoever aside for their own bigotry, Trump officials termed a public safety threat and a drain on the nation’s resources. Do you think this will have an impact on congressional Republicans in 2026, particularly in areas with large immigrant communities or swing voter populations? First and foremost there’s Miami-Dade, where Reps Maria Salazar, Mario Diaz Balart and Carlos Gimenez will likely come under pressure from Cuban and Venezuelan Republican voters in their districts. While many Cuban-Americans and Venezuelan-Americans are GOP-leaning— having bought into Republican bullshit about socialism— deporting law-abiding immigrants who fled repressive regimes will be seen as a betrayal, especially for those with family or community ties to the affected individuals. Salazar and Gimenez have urged the regime to protect these migrants, indicating concern about political fallout, but weren’t effective. Alienating even a portion of the Cuban or Venezuelan vote in Florida will  weaken GOP candidates in competitive House races or local elections, especially if Democrats capitalize on the issue to mobilize Latino voters. It’s worth noting that Texas, California, New York, Ohio and New Jersey also have significant Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan communities. These TPS parolees are spread across 27 states, contributing to local economies and filling labor shortages. Deportations will disrupt communities and economies, potentially swaying independent voters or energizing Democratic-leaning constituencies, such as younger Latinos or Black voters in Haitian communities. In Texas, where Republicans hold a strong but not unassailable grip, deportations could complicate GOP messaging in districts with large Latino populations. The mass deportation of almost a million people— not criminal gangs— who entered legally under humanitarian programs should be framed by Democrats as cruel and racially motivated, potentially alienating moderate voters. Justice Action Center’s Karen Tumlin called it a “sad day” for immigrants who “played by the rules.” 

I’m just spit-ballin’ here but deporting a million people is logistically complex, especially since Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua accept few or no deportation flights, and Haiti’s turmoil complicates repatriation. If deportations stall, the GOP may face accusations of incompetence, while successful deportations could fuel humanitarian concerns, both of which could hurt them politically. Can you imagine what would happen in Miami if Trump tries to deport Cuban refugees to Libya, Rwanda, South Sudan, El Salvador… or even Cuba! Get ready of another instance of Señor TACO chickening out.

In the end, the political impact depends at least partly on how effectively Democrats mobilize around this issue. If they fail to galvanize Latino and immigrant voters, the GOP will face less backlash. But strong Democratic campaigns highlighting the human cost of deportations will amplify GOP losses in key areas... and not just in South Florida.

Travis Terrell, the progressive Democrat taking on MAGA shill Mariannette Miller-Meeks in southeast Iowa told us that in 2008, “400 undocumented workers were arrested in Postville. 32 of them were children, some just 13, working 12-hour shifts in a slaughterhouse. They were trafficked, abused, and discarded. The system didn’t care about the child labor— it only cared about the money. The CEO? And Donald Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump was hiring undocumented workers at his own resorts, using fake papers, and begging for visa exemptions to keep the cheap labor flowing. This is the real crisis: Corporate kidnapping. Exploitation. Profit over people. And this isn’t just Iowa— this happens all over the country, including the president's properties that he funnels our tax dollars to, with only the people seeking a better life being punished. I’m running for Congress to change that.”

He told us that he’s already “written a bill to create a fair pathway to citizenship, strengthen the border the right way and impose sharp punishments on corporations engaging in what amounts to legalized human trafficking. Because if you can exploit someone, abuse them, and walk away with a bonus, the system isn't broken. It’s working exactly as designed. And crooks like Rep. Miller-Meeks? They lie about wanting ‘border security’ so they can keep using racism as a weapon, while protecting the companies that created this crisis.”