With census fight and immigration raids, Trump returns to message of fear

On the census citizenship question and with reports of new ICE raids across the country, President Trump is returning to a message of fear. [View in browser]( [Image]( JULY 11, 2019 “For the many families who came here as refugees fleeing violence, deportation is a death threat." Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union [Image] Nationwide immigration raids that were postponed three weeks ago are now [scheduled to begin Sunday](, two senior Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News. The mass raids, to be conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are [set to target roughly 2,000 families in major cities]( across the United States — including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. A source said that those cities may change. The Department of Homeland Security had also planned to hold deportation raids in New Orleans, but according to a statement issued Thursday night, they will not be holding "immigration enforcement initiatives" associated with evacuations or sheltering related to Tropical Storm Barry "except in the event of a serious public safety threat." The New York Times reports that the raids will include [collateral deportations](, where "authorities might detain immigrants who happened to be on the scene even though they were not targets of the raids." Many advocacy groups and some Democratic lawmakers have responded by [sharing information](, both in person and on social media, telling immigrants of their rights and what to expect should the raids be carried about. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi read from a “know your rights” flyer at her weekly press conference Thursday and said she was going to ask religious leaders to appeal to Trump to stop the raids. People "do not need do let an ICE agent into their home unless there’s a judicial warrant," Lee Gelernt, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, said. "Rarely does ICE have a judicial warrant,” adding that ICE usually has its own administrative warrants. As Ali Velshi pointed out on the 11th Hour tonight, it is a return to President Trump's 2016 campaign [message of fear,]( a "steady and consistent theme for Donald Trump that clearly works with his base." During a summit at the White House on Thursday, President Trump touted his massive online following and praised conspiracy theorists and far-right agitators. NBC's Ben Collins said on All In Thursday that the summit felt like "[commencement of the first meme war,](" and referred to it as an "awards ceremony" for people who spread disinformation online. "Buckle up," Collins said. "We're about to do this all over again." [Attendees included]( right-wing personalities Ali Alexander, who had pushed the false conspiracy theory that the California-born Sen. Kamala Harris was not an “American black,” Jim Hoft, from the conspiracy website Gateway Pundit, and YouTube personality Tim Pool, who has pushed the false conspiracy theory that murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich leaked hacked emails to WikiLeaks. “You communicate with our citizens without going through the fake news filter,” the president told those attendees. “The crap you think of is unbelievable.” Trump defended several of his most well-known typos and spelling errors, arguing he’s “actually a good speller” but “the fingers aren’t as good as the brain." Organizers printed and displayed giant versions of some of the president’s tweets for the event, including a reference to this head-scratcher from 2018: “Who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe" ??? 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