Policy leaders are voicing deep concerns over Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint which they say threatens essential protections for immigrants, reproductive rights, the LGBTQ+ community, and climate and healthcare measures across the U.S.
In a media briefing on October 4, hosted by Ethnic Media Services, a panel of experts gathered to discuss the dangers Project 2025 seeks to bring.
Immigration Under Project 2025
Manjusha Kulkarni warns that Project 2025 poses a serious threat to immigrant communities. Among its policies are mass deportations and warrantless searches, enabling federal agents to enter private properties to find undocumented individuals. With approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S., these measures could affect millions of lives. The blueprint would also reduce family-based immigration and work visas, eliminate Temporary Protected Status, and restrict legal immigration processes.
The document uses every opportunity to demonize immigrants, using terms like ‘illegal aliens,’ and ‘infiltrate,’” said Kulkarni. “All of this serves to fan the flames of racism, and we’ve seen the effects recently with false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.”
Polls indicate that Americans have mixed views on immigration reform; while a majority favor a path to citizenship and the employment of refugees, roughly half support a border wall and deportations.