The language of expulsion

President Trump's post-shooting ‘remigration’ push isn’t a dog whistle, it’s a bullhorn

I’ve spent enough time in Washington to recognize when a tragedy is being weaponized for political gain. But watching the Trump administration’s response to the November 27 shooting of two National Guard members in D.C. has been particularly stomach-turning - not because I don’t understand the impulse, and sometimes the imperative, to tighten security a…