Deportation Nation: How Racism Fuels the Right’s Immigration Agenda

Why ‘Secure the Border’ Is Often Code for Racial Control

Deportation Nation: How Racism Fuels the Right’s Immigration Agenda

“When people say they want to ‘secure the border,’ ask them: secure it from what — and from whom?”

The phrase “secure the border” has become a political reflex — spoken with urgency, shouted at rallies, and printed on campaign ads like a mantra. It sounds neutral. Reasonable, even. Who wouldn’t want a country to be secure?

But the truth is: “border security” in America has never been just about safety.
It has been — and remains — a tool for racial control.

The Border as a Battleground for Identity

Let’s start with the obvious: the U.S. southern border isn’t where most drugs come in, where most undocumented immigrants enter, or where actual security threats originate.
And yet, it’s the epicenter of billions of dollars in militarization — walls, drones, surveillance, and armed agents.

Why?

Because the “threat” isn’t terrorism. It’s demographic.
It’s about controlling who gets…