Why the Far Right Fabricated the Myth of a Migrant 'Invasion'

Why the Far Right Fabricated the Myth of a Migrant 'Invasion'

The current administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years. By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S…