It Could Happen Here Weekly 237
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine
- Settler Colonialism with Andrew
- Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy
- The Necessary War on Data Centers
- Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack
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Sources/Links:
How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine
Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth
(https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth])
More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican
Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu
Empire of Borders by Todd Miller
Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller
From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu
(https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf [https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf])
Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294])
Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña
(https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/ [https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/])
Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924
(https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf [https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf])
US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic])
Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1
(https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header [https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header])
Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby
(https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/ [https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/])
Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas [https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas])
‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back
(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart])
Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor
(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/ [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/])
“They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses”
(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/ [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/])
Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic
(https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/ [https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/])
10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic
(https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality [https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality])
LEA Training Schedule 2024
(https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR [https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR])
International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program
(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program) [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program)]
Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program
(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program [https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program])
El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M])
How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau
(https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/ [https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/])
Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní
(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html])
Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/ [https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/])
US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border
(https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border [https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border])
Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti
(https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/])
A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi
(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg])
“A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234 [https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234])
Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS
(https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html [https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html])
Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown
(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti])
La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia
(https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/ [https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/])
La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413 [https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413])
Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement
(https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/ [https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/])
87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración
(https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/ [https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/])
Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic
(https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic) [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)]
Settler Colonialism with Andrew
Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe
https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History [https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History]
Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran.
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said
https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel [https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel]
Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576 [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576]
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276 [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og]
Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack
Short Stories:
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/
[https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification
[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification]https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20 [https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk]https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000 [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000]
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf [https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf]
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/]
https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation [https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation]
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rul
[https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rule]https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/
[https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/]
Police Shooting:
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/ [https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/]
https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/ [https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/]
https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp [https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp]
https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/ [https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/]
https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/ [https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/]
https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163 [https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163]
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html [https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html]
https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1 [https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1]
https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/ [https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/]
https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022 [https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022]
Iran Deal:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167 [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167]
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl]
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal [https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal]
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU [https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU]
https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]
https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20 [https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20]
https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781 [https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781]
https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz [https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz]
https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20 [https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20]
https://x.com/osinttechnical [https://x.com/osinttechnical]
World Cup:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/]https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas [https://www.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visas] https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/
[https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/]https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension
[https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/]UFC Freedom 250:
https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/
[https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending
[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending]https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline
[https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline]https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf
[https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0]https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/
[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/]Dialog:
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ [https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/]
See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.
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