Podcast: American Prestige (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: E332 - ICE and the Age of Grift w/ Alex AviñaPub date: 2025-10-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSubscribe now to skip the ads and get much more content!
Alex Aviña is back on the podcast, this time to talk about the evolution of ICE and the U.S. security state. They discuss the convergence of the war on terror, the war on drugs, and the war on migrants; the transformation of the border into a domestic counterinsurgency project; ICE’s roots in settler colonialism; the role of whiteness and assimilation in immigration politics; the use of surveillance and drones in law enforcement; the privatization and grift at the core of Trumpism; the legacy of Latin American death squads; the erosion of constitutional rights; and migration as the consequence of empire.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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