DamageMIXED
Trump Administration Immigration Enforcement Expansion
2026-09-28 · 1 sources · 72% confidence
-7 BALANCED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Track ICE arrest data and any due-process waivers or expedited removal expansions reported by DHS Inspector General or ACLU litigation trackers.
Why This Score
Enforcement expansion has real due-process and civil rights implications (broad ICE actions, chilling effects on immigrant communities) but lacks direct election-machinery or separation-of-powers escalation, keeping the constitutional score moderate. It also carries meaningful media salience and fits a recognizable political playbook, pushing distraction score close to the harm score, hence a Mixed classification.
Damage Score Drivers
Election Integrity & Transfer of Power×0.22
0.0/5
Rule of Law / Due Process×0.18
3.0/5
Separation of Powers×0.16
1.0/5
Civil Rights / Equal Protection×0.14
4.0/5
Institutional Capture×0.14
2.0/5
Corruption / Self-Dealing×0.1
0.0/5
Violence / Intimidation Enabling×0.06
2.0/5
Sev: durability=1 · reversibility=1 · precedent=1 · mech=1.1× scope=1.1×
Hype Score: Layer 1 — Hype (55%)
Outrage-bait
3.0/5
Meme-ability
2.0/5
Novelty Spike
1.0/5
Media Friendliness
3.0/5
Layer 2 — Strategic (45%)
Media-Volume Mismatch
2.0/5
Timing Overlap
1.0/5
Narrative Pivot
1.0/5
Repeat Pattern Match
3.0/5
Intentionality: 4/15 → Reduced (0.25)