President Trump meets… The deal is done – now he will..

Layered onto aggressive enforcement, detention, and the rebranding of basic supports as “public benefits,” this policy trajectory doesn’t just regulate money; it redraws the boundaries of who is allowed to belong. Pushed toward cash-only work, predatory lenders, and off-the-books employers, mixed-status families are told, in effect, that participation without full papers is a punishable act. The question is no longer whether they follow the rules, but whether the rules will ever admit they exist.