First them, then us: America’s shift from Police State to Prison State

Filed by Elara Myst

 John Whitehead's Commentary By John & Nisha WhiteheadSeptember 29, 2026“If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.”—Robert ReichAmerica, you got fooled. Again.For starters, the war on illegal immigration was never just about illegal immigration.If you fell for that, chances are you’re still falling for the government’s oldest trick: manufacture a crisis, identify an enemy, frighten the public, declare an emergency, and then use the resulting fear to ...