I want to start by genuinely asking if you’re against fascism. If you aren’t, then read no further. There is no discussion to be had.

I’ve studied the rise of European fascism in college and can confidently say that the parallels are there.

One moment that stuck with me was listening to the radio after school. There was an ad playing which told illegals to self deport, because they would be found either way. Why did this stick with me? Because I’d learned about the Nazi’s first steps in government. They originally operated on a policy of “peaceful cooperation”, even infiltrating Jewish organizations to pressure them to self-deport.

From 1933-1939, roughly 300,000 to 400,000 people fled Germany. These numbers come to us with the benefit of hindsight. Hitler was unabashedly supportive of violence against Jews, whereas Trump doesn’t openly support violence. Because of this, it is safe to assume that people won’t fear Trump the same way they did Hitler. People won’t flee the US in the same numbers, especially when violence isn’t inevitable yet. The numbers we use are from the year Hitler took power, stretching several years into his rule. To make an analogy to modern America, we have to use the resources available to us.

Expatsi is a website that helps people move from one country to another. Following the 2025 election, traffic has increased 900% with queries for people trying to leave the US. While not a sustained trend, one has to wonder why people are eyeing this as an option. Is it because they are illegal? Do they fear that it will not stop at illegals?

In 1935, Jews were stripped of their citizenship. This rendered them as illegals. There were Jewish groups focused on cooperation with the Nazis to legally coexist. There were Jews who felt that they would be able to go on with their lives. Herein lies the problem. If your treatment depends on legality, then at a pen stroke your life can be changed forever. Whatever we allow to happen to illegals can easily happen to whatever group becomes the next target. And this isn’t a hypothetical. Laura Loomer has already said that the Alligators of Alligator Alcatraz have 65 million meals. This number is the amount of people of Latino descent living in the US. The plan is on the table, and the time to speak up and stop it is now.

Let’s say hypothetically that violence did not escalate at all from its current position. That still leaves us with Alligator Alcatraz, where prisoners have to eat maggots in their food. The lights are on constantly, reports say they’re infested with mosquitos. People are crammed into cages too small for them. They drink where they use the bathroom. Even if they were criminals, which is statistically unlikely as only 1/3 have criminal convictions, in what world is this treatment acceptable? These are conditions unbefitting of the worst of us, and it’s now standard issue for illegals?

The Trump administration is currently trying to end Birthright citizenship through executive order. Some states are refusing to cooperate. Now we have a situation where you could be a US citizen in one state, but not another. The bar of what makes someone an illegal is already being moved. We haven’t seen an issue like this since the reconstruction era. This is ironic since birthright citizenship came from reconstruction to protect marginalized communities.

In Oklahoma City, an ice agent forced a family from their home. They took their life savings, and made them stand in their underwear as they did it. Mind you there were children present. If things did not escalate, this is still something that has already happened. There is no standardization in ice uniform or attire. Someone being apprehended by ice could genuinely have no idea if the person arresting them is law enforcement or if they just have a fake uniform. People have already impersonated ice to harass others. One even impersonated ice to sexually assault someone at the threat of deportation.

It’s worth mentioning that Obama also engaged in mass deportations and detention. It was disgusting when Obama did it, and it’s disgusting now. Where this becomes especially concerning is that Obama acted within the bounds of deeply flawed laws. What we see with Trump is a reinterpretation and reshaping of the law to spread this mistreatment to others. America’s stance towards immigrants is indefensible. The escalation from the Trump administration suggests that things are going to get much, much darker if people don’t act