The Authoritarians Want Your Hopelessness—Don’t Give It to Them

Photo: Protest in Tucson, AZ on August 16, 2025. Photo credit: Dyan Bone via Flickr. Public domain. Article by Emese Ilyés. Common Dreams – September 17, 2025.

This summer, hundreds of volunteers have taken up positions as immigration court watchers at federal courthouses across the country. They sit quietly with immigrants awaiting hearings, gently explaining that masked ICE agents might detain them regardless of the outcome. They collect vital information, like names, phone numbers, and emergency contacts, becoming sometimes the only link between people who, as Tim Murphy has written for the Marshall Project, are “effectively disappeared” and the outside world. These volunteers […]

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