Trump's Guantánamo 2.0: Putting Hate on "ICE" with a Quiet Purge of Domestic Extremists

### **Summary** This paper unpacks the layers behind this potential covert operation. Drawing on historical precedents like the FBI’s COINTELPRO and the Japanese internment of WWII, as well as contemporary policies that expand the scope of Guantánamo Bay detentions, the argument traces a throughline: that ramped-up border enforcement is functioning as cover for a larger state campaign against dangerous domestic factions. The core chapters analyze how strategic provocation (via social media ...