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After the Raid
Exposing the communal trauma of immigration enforcement.
Series Introduction
The US government terrorizes immigrant families and families of color with thousands of raids each year. These raids are, by design, militarized, terrifying, violent and dehumanizing. In their wake, individuals may experience symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and community trust in government services of all sorts is severed. In this series, After the Raid: The Communal Trauma of Immigration Enforcement, activists, researchers, lawyers, community members and physicians expose the collective trauma that results from raids and discuss ways to protect one another and fight for positive change.
Introduction to Truthout’s ”After the Raid” Series
Introducing a series to ignite a deeper understanding of immigration enforcement.
ICE Is Monitoring and Targeting Immigration Activists
Homeland Security officials monitored hundreds of protests against family separations last year.
Deportation Is an Emergency. Here’s One Coalition’s Way of Fighting It.
This coalition of “urgent responders” makes sure communities dealing with deportation know they are not alone.
ICE Raids Make Families Afraid to Leave Their Homes
Raids destabilize families and communities and make people feel unsafe even in their own homes.
Public Health Workers Must Join the Struggle for Immigrant Justice
Public health professionals can take concrete actions to meet the needs of immigrants and their families.
State Violence Is at the Root of Health Inequities
Racist policing has serious impacts on public health in communities of color at taxpayers' expense.
Audience and Authority in the UK Asylum-Seeking Process
The asylum bureaucracy demands a narrative of trauma and mental illness, regardless of lived experience.
Psychological Resources in Latinx Struggle Against Systemic Oppression
In these turbulent times, Latinx people are drawing strength from their community's history of struggle.
Raising Bond for Detained Migrants: Key Part of Anti-Deportation Fight
The Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project works to keep together immigrant communities terrorized by Trump.
With Escalation in ICE Raids, Immigrant Legal Resource Centers Double Down
Legal resource centers are finding strategic ways to collaborate, react and be proactive in advising immigrants.
We Will Not Be Silenced by ICE: Writing After Deportation
After ICE deported my husband, I became a historian to uncover the origins of a largely hidden immigration system.