
Trump’s mass deportation threats in his first term fizzled. Here’s how they may play out this time.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/24/trumps-first-mass-deportation-threats-in-his-first-term-fizzled-heres-how-they-may-play-out-this-time/
Jeremy Barousse is trying to keep everyone calm.
The head of an East San Jose immigrant rights nonprofit remembers the last time Donald Trump threatened mass deportations: distraught parents choosing relatives or friends to care for their children if they were swept up in ICE raids; school principals reporting classrooms half empty as terrified students refused to leave their parents’ sides; and dozens of undocumented immigrants lining up outside his office before 8 a.m. every morning hoping for legal advice protecting them from deportation.