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None of this is new in the unbroken American tradition of racist state violence and border rule. Under the administration’s border regime, though, violent escalation in immigration enforcement has been lauded, licensed, and now supercharged with unprecedented funding. The consequence will be more deaths like Alanis’, more deaths in ICE custody, like the 13 that have already taken place this year alone, atop a baseline of suffering for millions.