Nobody Is Protected

An urgent examination of the U.S. Border Patrol—from its xenophobic founding to its ongoing assault on the 4th Amendment—now more resonant than ever amid escalating ICE raids and immigration crackdowns. Late one July night in 2020, armed men, identified only by the word POLICE written across their uniforms, began snatching supporters of Black Lives Matter off the street in Portland, Oregon, and placing them in unmarked vans. These mysterious actions were not carried out by local law enforcement