The New Republic’s staffers grapple with Donald Trump’s victory—and how Democrats should respond.

Attack ads have rarely been this incoherent. But they’re certainly consistent: Whatever the issue, Republican ads claim, trans people and immigrants have made it worse.

While Stephen Miller and Tony Hinchcliffe were hurling racist tropes at Madison Square Garden, former ICE acting Director Tom Homan was on CBS explaining what the actual policies of mass deportation would look like.

In Tucson, a legendary attorney was suspended for two years from representing clients in immigration court. Was the punishment warranted?

Some were just embarrassing. Many were horrific. All of them should disqualify him from another four years in the White House.

The CHNV program provided a vital refuge, and the people who came filled vacant jobs. But now, Trump is targeting these immigrants and Biden has declined to renew the program.

Donald Trump has pledged to remove all undocumented immigrants from the U.S.—but such a policy could have a slew of unintended consequences.

Here are some ideas to help Democrats close the deal with the widest possible swath of persuadable voters.

His solution to the housing crisis is the perfect distillation of Trumpism: It’s mind-blowingly evil, and it has no hope of working.

The Ohio senator is already being praised for his performance at Tuesday’s debate. But the vision he outlined for the future of the country was dark and authoritarian.

Kamala Harris apparently believes—wrongly—that she has no influence on anti-immigrant sentiment in America, because she has effectively capitulated to MAGA messaging.

Democrats spent part of their week identifying the real people who’d be harmed by Project 2025. They should follow these instincts from now till November.

Yeah, the economy is important—and the border, and other things. But the most important thing doesn’t have to do with positions.

In western Pennsylvania, Trump made one of his most savage anti-immigrant appeals yet. But one local official says it’s all a lie.

By talking about crime rather than immigration, Kamala Harris is accepting Trump’s immigration framing while trying to portray herself as the “right” kind of tough.

She actually has a success story on immigration policy. So why doesn’t she tout it?

The former president may not get to implement his draconian deportation plan, but he’s successfully dragged Democrats and public opinion in a less humane direction.

Finally, a top Republican calls on Trump to stop attacking Haitians, arguing that it’s politically backfiring. But Trump wants this debate to be as charged with hate and rage as possible.

The racist fantasizing about Haitian immigrants eating pets emerged from the same right-wing ecosystem that produced the violent threats against Drag Story Hour. The playbook is almost identical.

While Donald Trump and J.D. Vance try to tear an Ohio town apart, Ohioans themselves have a more heartening response.