Summary
The Trump administration has announced a new registry for undocumented immigrants, requiring them to self-report, provide fingerprints, and list their addresses.
Those who fail to comply could face fines or prosecution under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The move aligns with the administration’s broader crackdown on illegal immigration and mass deportation plans.
Critics, including the National Immigration Law Center, warn the registry could be used to target individuals for deportation, drawing parallels to past government efforts to register noncitizens for national security purposes.
You and I both know they will. They require an ingroup and an outgroup. Once the current outgroup is gone, they find a new one to replace the boogeyman.
It’s also frightfully similar to Nazi Germany requiring Jews identify themselves with armbands.