In case you feel tempted to normalize or spin this somehow, consider that the real number of undocumented immigrants with criminal records is less than 180,000, something that Trump himself knows very well. This may mean that the definition of “criminal” his administration will use right after inauguration will be dangerously wide and vague. It also means that, contrary to what some prominent journalists who are victims of baseless wishful thinking say, Trump remains committed to his most authoritarian ideas.
