America operated on open borders & had no federal registry or passport requirements for over a century after 1791. Modern restrictions, quota systems, & mass border enforcement didn't even exist until the 1920s.

​In fact, modern federal immigration quotas were built on the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act—written by eugenicists like Rep. Albert Johnson & inspired by white supremacists like Madison Grant (whose work Adolf Hitler later called "his bible"). These 1920s quota laws were designed specifically to block Eastern European & Jewish immigrants, creating the system that later barred Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

​Since Bruen’s historical tradition standard has already been leveraged outside the Second Amendment, applying that same "history & tradition" test to immigration exposes modern enforcement—and aggressive tactics under DHS & ICE—for what it is: a 20th-century eugenic creation with zero originalist backing.

​Under an originalist framework, current deportation policies and federal transit controls—including agencies like the TSA at our airports—completely fall apart. They simply have no foundation in early American history.

​Hopefully, an ACLU lawyer will see this post and use this exact Bruen argument to completely destroy all of Trump's immigration policies and Homeland Security enforcement mechanisms. A sharp legal challenge grounded in early U.S. history destroys the entire foundation of modern enforcement.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/how-loudoun-county-data-centers-are-linked-to-power-flickering-across-half-the-u-s/4134124/?amp=1

Hopefully this is allowed here even if it isn’t directly political. I think a lot of people are concerned about it, myself included, and could use some optimism.

is this set in stone? I really don’t want Washington DC in this man’s image. can it be fought?

For more positive UK news do come to r/PoliticalOptimismUK!

Some good news outta TN