Journalist Franklin Foer says President Trump has “radicalized” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), opening the door for the agency to deport any undocumented immigrant. “Never before have we had such a large, dedicated police force whose mission is to remove undocumented immigrants from the communities in which they’re rooted.” Foer’s cover story in ‘The Atlantic’ explores how the Trump administration’s immigration policy relies upon cultivating fear.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg examines the term “deep state.“