I just spent time talking with an immigrant woman who I’ve known for a year or two now. She is legally in this country and as a green card holder she is permitted to work here. She had been here for more than 10 years, working and paying taxes. She has not committed any crimes and has a spotless record.

She has spent the last several years cleaning houses for a living. She works hard, does a good job, gets paid for her work, and pays all the taxes on her income. She has 3 young children, all of them born here and therefore US citizens.

As of right now, she is afraid to leave her house to work. ICE agents are harassing people with zero probable cause. People she knows in her community have been beaten up for no reason. Some have been taken away with no good explanation of why. She has had unidentified masked men coming up to her house trying to look into the windows. She has shown me a video of this, so I can personally vouch for it being true.

She is constantly looking over her shoulder to see if they are coming for her or her family. The look of fear on her face is ever present. She can’t work regularly for fear of being whisked away without due process. Her husband is out of work due to serious back injuries, and thanks to the “big beautiful bill” they no longer have access to health care, so her inability to work a full schedule affects her ability to feed and clothe her children.

She doesn’t want handouts. When I offer her a little money to help her get by she declines. She is a proud woman who wants to earn what she gets. She does not want to rely on the charity of others just to get by.

Kristi Noem insists that they are only going after targeted bad guys. dangerous criminals, the worst of the worst. She is lying her fucking ass off. They are going after anyone who looks Latino or Somali. They are ignoring the law and violently terrorizing law abiding residents.

This is Trumpism at its core. This is cruelty. This is terrorism. This is America remade in Trump’s image.