DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBill</span></a> Would Let Him Expand His <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationCrackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationCrackdown</span></a> ‘Everywhere’</p><p>“If it works out well in L.A., expect it everywhere,” a Trump official says of the admin’s plans for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>militarized</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> around the country</p><p>By Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng <br>June 12, 2025</p><p>"Donald Trump’s '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a>' wouldn’t just force millions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> people off their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAssistance</span></a> to help pay for more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> for the rich. </p><p>"The Trump <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxBill</span></a> would steer tens of billions of dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> capacity, employee bonuses, and to hire new agents. It would supercharge ICE’s ability to conduct raids, and allow the administration to expand the campaign of terror it’s waging on immigrants in Los Angeles to blue cities around the country. </p><p>"ICE’s aggressive worksite raids and courthouse arrests throughout the Los Angeles area have, of course, inspired a wave of protests — giving the president an excuse to send the U.S. military to a Democratic city, something he’s long fantasized about, while inspiring demonstrations across the country. </p><p>" 'This bill would give Donald Trump the ability to do what he’s doing [in California] on a scale we really haven’t seen before,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DavidBier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBier</span></a>, the director of immigration studies at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CatoInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatoInstitute</span></a>, a libertarian think tank. 'He will be able to replicate this militarized approach to Los Angeles across maybe dozens of American cities.'</p><p>"For Trump and key officials, including immigration-crackdown policy architect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a>, this is exactly the point, with Los Angeles currently being used as an autocratic staging area. They want to replicate this militarized, ramped-up blitz of ICE raids, backed by the U.S. armed forces, in several other Democratic strongholds — particularly if larger-scale protests spread to other cities.</p><p>"As Rolling Stone previously reported, the president and his senior officials have already mapped out near-term plans for how to further ratchet up the already tense blitz of ICE operations, especially in the coming days in Los Angeles, where the federal agents are now being protected by Trump’s literal troop deployment to the city, against the wishes of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. </p><p>"Sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone that senior Trump administration officials are closely monitoring the situation in L.A. as a test case for what they want to do soon in places such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philadelphia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BostonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMA</span></a>, or the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>, area."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-los-angeles-ice-immigration-raids-everywhere-1235362973/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/trump-los-angeles-ice-immigration-raids-everywhere-1235362973/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/SgWWL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/SgWWL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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