{"id":27750,"date":"2026-01-26T12:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27750"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:21:37","slug":"welc-statement-on-trump-ice-and-the-pathology-of-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/welc-statement-on-trump-ice-and-the-pathology-of-domination\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n del Director Ejecutivo sobre Trump, ICE y la patolog\u00eda de la dominaci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hope sits in the trenches,<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">the last one standing,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">its teeth cracked,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">its knuckles bruised,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">its body broken;\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">but its eyes are still gleaming\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">with the light of a million lamps.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Its heart is still beating\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Because even here,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Even now,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">It knows that a better world\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Is worth fighting for.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">-Nikita Gill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From Executive Director Erik Schlenker-Goodrich:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are in the midst of a crisis that demands, above all, that the people rise to defend American freedoms and democracy\u2014that we embrace Nikita Gill\u2019s truth that a \u201ca better world is worth fighting for.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The United States was forged by waves of immigrants from across the world and the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples. These complex demographics have inspired both conflict and cooperation channeled through a constitutional system grounded in the Declaration of Independence\u2019s unequivocal if aspirational statement that \u201call men are created equal\u201d and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cendowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\u201d This founding declaration is now in peril and the constitutional system that grew from it at risk of collapse. None of this is a surprise.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In March 2023, Donald Trump ominously proclaimed to his supporters that \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/mar\/05\/i-am-your-retribution-trump-rules-supreme-at-cpac-as-he-relaunches-bid-for-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">I am your retribution<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d revealing his intent to betray his oath of office and responsibility to the whole American public. A year into his second term, his regime has repeatedly laid siege to American cities with heavily armed paramilitary forces. On January 7<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, as the New Year dawned, the regime\u2019s provocations reached new levels in Minneapolis, where an ICE agent killed Ren\u00e9e Good, a 37-year mother, wife, poet, and American citizen. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After her killing, the Trump regime only inflamed tensions. It declined to investigate the ICE officer who perpetrated that horrific event, falsely claimed Ren\u00e9e Good was a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/labeling-renee-good-domestic-terrorist-distorts-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">domestic terrorist<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d threatened to invoke the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/15\/trump-insurrection-act-minnesota-ice-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1792 Insurrection Act<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, opened transparently political federal investigations into <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2026\/01\/20\/reports-us-department-of-justice-delivers-subpoenas-to-walz-frey-her-ellison-moriarty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Minnesota public officials<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> including the governor, attorney general, and Minneapolis mayor, as well as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/13\/us\/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ren\u00e9e Good\u2019s widow<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and intensified its campaign of terror against the people of Minneapolis. On January 21<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, for example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/21\/ice-arrests-five-year-old-boy-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ICE agents detained a 5-year-old boy<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> after he arrived home from preschool and used him as bait to detain his father, sending both far from home to a detention facility in Texas. That same day, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Associated Press reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, asserted the sweeping power to break into homes without a judicial warrant, contrary to the U.S. Constitution\u2019s Fourth Amendment and judicial precedent. On January 24th, the logic of this entire strategy further unspooled with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/01\/24\/us\/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVA.-yXl.Ole7oYoAYd7R&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">killing of Alex Pretti<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in the streets of Minneapolis\u2014a human being, we note, who cared deeply for his neighbors, stood against the regime\u2019s oppressive tactics in Minneapolis, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/heated.world\/p\/i-dont-know-how-to-do-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">shared our love for the natural world<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meanwhile, on the global stage, the administration ruptured the longstanding post-World War II international rules-based order. On January 4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the regime brazenly abducted Venezuela\u2019s president, seized its oil resources, and liquidated those resources, depositing the proceeds into an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/01\/14\/2026\/us-gets-first-500-million-venezuelan-oil-deal-holding-some-proceeds-in-qatar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">offshore bank account located in Qatar<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Emboldened, the regime reignited its long-simmering desire to seize Greenland from Denmark, a NATO ally, and rattled its military and tariff sabers against several other countries, including Cuba, Denmark, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These events have created vast uncertainty, anxiety, and instability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Remarkably, every event in the preceding paragraphs transpired over the course of just the past three weeks. They add to an ever-growing list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/columns\/lest-we-forget-the-horrors-an-unending-catalog-of-trumps-cruelties-collusions-corruptions-and-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that number in the hundreds, all tied together by a grotesque pathology of domination that seeks to subordinate anything and everything that stands in the regime\u2019s way to its corrosive will. Premised on Trump\u2019s fragile ego, a Machiavellian and violent approach to power, and an abject lack of empathy and morality, this pathology is a clear and present threat to global security as well as our country\u2019s freedoms, social cohesion, economic vitality, and ecological integrity. He has rejected any boundaries on his authority, claiming, instead, that he is bound solely by his \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-interview-power-morality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">own morality<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d an alarming contention weaponized by a complicit Supreme Court who has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/23-939_e2pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">elevated Trump above the rule of law<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. We wake each day, time and again, wondering what new horror this regime has engineered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As conceived and applied, the Trump regime is a grave threat to our vision: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">A just and thriving U.S. West, abundant with protected and interconnected ecosystems, powered by renewable energy, and cared for by communities brought together in an ecology of kinship. It is this threat\u2014to people, to country, to the world around us\u2014that compels us to urge society-wide public action. It is this threat we oppose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The coming months\u2014culminating in mid-term elections\u2014will prove decisive to the country\u2019s trajectory, presenting us, as a people and country, with a stark choice: To acquiesce to the regime\u2019s pathology of domination, or to recommit ourselves to our country\u2019s founding principle of freedom and repair, revitalize, and strengthen our constitutional system. To be clear, once this regime ends, there is no return to what once was, only the promise of what may be if we work together: a country, echoing the words of President Abraham Lincoln, \u201cof the people, by the people, and for the people.\u201d It is this promise, one rich with possibility, that motivates us just as much, if not more, as the urgency compelled by the Trump regime\u2019s transgressions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We urge that each person\u2014based on their ability\u2014consider four categories of action to bring this promise to life:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:true,&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Resolute, peaceful protest. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The regime seeks to inflame chaos as a pretext to oppress people and communities with paramilitary forces. We must peacefully stand with conviction in defiance of these actions, asserting our freedoms of speech and assembly and right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Courage is contagious.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;335559739&quot;:230}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:true,&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mutual aid and solidarity.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Respect your neighbors. Stand with your neighbors. Provide aid to your neighbors. And do so regardless of whether they are a citizen or immigrant because we are all in this together. We say this in full light of the courage we have witnessed in Minnesotans over the past days and weeks. To provide immediate support, we recommend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standwithminnesota.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPdw7NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF1RUNOaTYwdTNkejBEenhIc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmcsfKlJGMlydM-5_vooYvC_5VBlBwHlohZIgDbHxx4W10Qp4EpbdqYp6ACf_aem_Js3K0CHOkQqdX29XZ-95eA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Stand with Minnesota<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, which provides a vetted directory of organizations and opportunities seeking donations. As demonstrated by Minnesota, building networks of mutual aid and solidar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">y in your community creates the conditions for collective resilience to the regime\u2019s otherwise inexorable descent into authoritarianism and efforts to deprive us of our freedoms. As you<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> do, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">work t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">o <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">scale local action by connecting it to regional and national networks, supporting organizations and institutions that serve as a coordinating bulwark a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">gainst the regime\u2019s actions. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This all serves as an antidote to the failure of political and economic elites and creates the conditions necessary for the sustained defense of constitutional freedoms.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:230}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:true,&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Accountability. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">We cannot move forward absent a reckoning with those who have designed, led, and executed the regime\u2019s agenda. This includes fair and transparent criminal and civil investigations into the regime\u2019s transgressions. We must also reject the policy logic that gave rise to the security state ostensibly intended to shield the United States from foreign terrorism but that this regime has now weaponized against the people and communities who have made their home in this country.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;335559739&quot;:230}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Times New Roman\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:true,&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">National imagination. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">We must fight with an eye to the future\u2014a day when this regime\u2019s transgressions and atrocities have ceased\u2014and we have an opportunity to rethink and revitalize American democracy. The institutions and systems that we once assumed would shield us from the rise of tyranny in the United States have proven fallible. These institutions and systems must therefore be rethought and revitalized and, in some instances such as ICE, dismantled altogether. In the domain of environmental law, we are doing just that with our Emergent Horizons campaign, an effort designed to spark society-wide climate and conservation action fit for the challenges and opportunities of the 21<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> century and beyond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;335559739&quot;:230}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> The coming months will test us, presenting challenges that appear too immense to confront, opportunities too daunting to seize. There will be times when you need to step away, whether to grieve or to handle the mundane realities of life. We understand this. But we are heartened by the people of Minneapolis and across this still-great country who have held true to that fire kindled by the Declaration of Independence so many years ago\u2014a fire that still burns fierce and bright.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope sits in the trenches, the last one standing, its teeth cracked,\u00a0 its knuckles bruised,\u00a0 its body broken;\u00a0 but its eyes are still gleaming\u00a0 with the light of a million lamps.\u00a0 Its heart is still beating\u00a0 Because even here,\u00a0 Even now,\u00a0 It knows that a better world\u00a0 Is worth fighting for.\u00a0 -Nikita Gill From Executive 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