Listen to story:

Download: mp3 (Duration: 19:09)

FEATURING SILKY SHAH - Ahead of the polls opening on election day, Donald Trump made his final pitch to voters, and, unsurprisingly, he relied on demonizing immigrants as a way to mobilize support. He described the U.S. as an “occupied country,” which referenced both undocumented people and those with documents and said he would “rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.”

Meanwhile, billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s biggest supporter, has been outed as having violated immigration law in the past. Musk has been beating the anti-immigrant drums nearly as hard as Trump. 

Regardless of who wins on election day, immigrants have suffered from relentless dehumanization in terms of rhetoric and policy. While the Biden Harris administration hasn't chanted “Mass deportations now,” it has adopted Trumpian anti-immigrant policies at the border. What can immigrants’ rights activists do to prepare for the future, no matter who ends up in the White House? 

Already have an account? Sign in