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How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win

  • Written by Laura Tedesco, Professor of International and Comparative Politics, Saint Louis University – Madrid

A series of shootings by federal immigration agents, including two deaths in Minneapolis, have galvanized intense local and national protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Federal immigration agents killed Renee Nicole Good, 37 – a mother of three – and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse,...

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