Crackdown on undocumented/illegal migrants in the US could see Irish caught in crossfire

The current Trump administration is the most hostile to immigrants in recent US history, writes Dr Piaras Mac Éinrí.

Crackdown on undocumented/illegal migrants in the US could see Irish caught in crossfire

The current Trump administration is the most hostile to immigrants in recent US history, writes Dr Piaras Mac Éinrí.

Mr Trump’s broader agenda of racist discourse has been accompanied by a scapegoating of immigrants as criminals, rapists and law-breakers, with a focus on Muslims, Mexicans and people from the Global South more generally.

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