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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

How an ex-US marine became vital in the fight against Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement

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Janessa Goldbeck, chief executive of Vet Voice Foundation. Photograph: Courtesy Vet Voice Foundation

Whatever the worst-case scenario, Janessa Goldbeck has probably imagined it. In 2023 the US marine veteran consulted on a documentary that war-gamed a presidential candidate staging a military coup. Last year she advised local leaders on the hypothetical of troops being deployed to their streets for immigration enforcement.

Then Donald Trump won and Goldbeck’s nightmare came true.

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