Trump-Backed Kennedy Center Board Rebrands Center Amid Immigration Crackdown
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Heather Cox Richardson argues that Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted to put his name back on the building, signaling loyalty-driven power as the administration widens immigration enforcement—ICE–TSA arrests of visa overstays, rapid immigration-court decisions, a no-bid contract for migrant-children’s lawyers, and new security tools—while vaccine policy shifts and border-measure moves illustrate a broader effort to instrumentalize public institutions for ideological ends.
- August 13, 2026 Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
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