Photo taken by an anonymous photographer
By Armando García Álvarez
The City of Los
Angeles, a sanctuary for immigrant communities, has become in recent days an
epicenter of fear and persecution, not because of crime or chaos, but because
of the deliberate execution of a repressive immigration policy, promoted with
ideological fervor by Donald Trump. In this editorial we denounce the fascist
character of these policies, which undermine human rights, dignity, and the
very lives of millions of residents.
Under the
discourse of "law and order," Trump has transformed immigration
enforcement into a machine of terror. ICE agents patrol streets, enter Latino
neighborhoods, question people about their accent, their skin color, or simply
their zip code. The criminalization of the immigrant—a central tenet of fascist
rhetoric—has permeated deeply into his speeches, executive orders, and
propaganda apparatus.
Los Angeles,
with its majority Latino population, has been one of the main targets. Divided
families, traumatized children, massive raids without warrants: this is not a
free country, it is a regime of selective persecution. Through the systematic
deportation and dehumanization of the immigrant, the Trumpist state seeks to
consolidate social control based on fear.
This policy of
"soft ethnic cleansing," disguised as legal compliance, has alarming
historical parallels. As in the fascist regimes of the twentieth century, an
internal enemy (in this case, the undocumented immigrant) is identified, blamed
for all social ills, and the state apparatus is mobilized to expel him, mark
him, and silence him. This is not a rhetorical exaggeration: it is an accurate
description of what is happening on the streets of Los Angeles today.
Faced with this
panorama, symbolic declarations of sanctuary cities are not enough. Organized
political resistance is needed, from local governments to social movements. It
is time to call a spade a spade: this is an authoritarian attempt to
reconfigure America's identity by excluding millions. Silence or passivity, in
this context, is equivalent to complicity.
History will
judge this nation not by its speeches of freedom, but by its treatment of the
most vulnerable. Today, in Los Angeles and across the country, a battle is
raging for the soul of American democracy. And in that battle, Trump's
immigration fascism cannot, should not, prevail.
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