Thanks to billions of dollars of extra government funding, Trump's murderous border force ICE is now the largest federal law enforcement agency in the US. On one hand it builds on the increased anti-migrant focus of the state seen under the previous governments of George W Bush, and Barak Obama. Since 2010 for example, there have been 364 people killed in encounters with Border Patrol, including through shootings, car chases, beatings, asphyxiations and Taserings. And some estimate that up to 80,000 people may have died crossing the US-Mexico border since the 1990s. On the other hand, it is important to grasp what is different in the violence of CPB and ICE.There are plenty of signs that it provides a form in which more ideologically committed far right and fascist forces can gain a firmer foothold in parts of the state like the Department of Homeland Security. But at the same time we're seeing much greater resistance in which the mass organised working class has a key role to play. How should we understand the changing nature of the state under Trump and the possibility for the emergence of a new form of fascism? What are the prospects for mass resistance? Could we end up seeing a version of ICE here in the UK, as the far right, with its dreams of mass deportations, look to the US for inspiration? Come and join in the discussion. Hosted by Bristol Socialist Workers Party.

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