As President Donald Trump prepares to further unleash a rapidly expanding surveillance state against the administration’s critics, recent legal struggles from activists who document and protest Trump’s mass deportation campaign may be a preview of what’s to come as part of a broader effort to silence dissent.

Trump made headlines on September 22 with an executive order declaring “Antifa,” short for anti-fascist, a domestic terrorist organization. The move prompted eyerolls from experts who understand that no centralized antifa group exists, while also heightening concerns over Trump’s threats to target opponents over their speech in the wake of the killing of pro-Trump pundit Charlie Kirk.

On September 25, Trump followed the order with a national security memorandum on “countering d

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