How best to contribute to anti-facist efforts as an engineer?

Yeah man, let me make my progressive social movement while under the rule of people who are happy to use violence and other nefarious means to suppress any sort of positive change that threatens their power. If only people had made movements against the Iraq war and bank bailouts in 08, things would be so much different now.

Your [2] doesn't seem to understand how the Sander's opposition to guest workers, eg, H1B, which is a non-immigrant visa, isn't that of "decrease immigration" but an objection specifically to guest workers:

> Sanders defended his vote by suggesting that the guest worker provisions in the bill were “akin to slavery,” a notable shift from how Sanders talked about immigrant labor before his presidential bids.

The "before his presidential bids" quote from 2007 says the same:

> “If poverty is increasing and if wages are going down, I don’t know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than they are right now,”

In both cases he singles out "guest workers" as the issue, and not the broad category of "immigrants."

This includes guest workers who work under an H1B visa which, quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa:

> has been criticized for potentially subsidizing businesses, creating conditions likened to modern indentured servitude, institutionalizing discrimination against older workers, and suppressing wages within the technology sector. Economists and academics remain divided on the program's overall effect, including its effects on innovation, U.S. workers, and the broader economy

As for your policy advice, do bear in mind that the last three Democratic presidents have been anti-immigration.

Clinton's Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 was part of his "triangulation" to attract anti-immigrant sentiment and take the wind out of the sails of Republicans.

Obama was nicknamed the "Deporter in Chief", and Biden was little different, while keeping most of Trump's changes, and even recently boasting about his deportation counts compared to Trump (II).

In other words, the Democratic Party has already implemented your suggestion, only to find that it didn't cause enough people to switch parties, while causing them to lose support due to the apathy and resignation by those who think the current laws are far too cruel and inhumane.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 in [3] could also be described as the right's willingness to suppress minority rights and autonomy.

Nor is there need to point to India: the left tends to support Native American tribal sovereignty, rather than the older expansionist practices of taking over Native land in the name of explicit demographic change.

The first thing you need to realize is that Hacker News is a pro-fascist stronghold and that it is at best unwise and at worst unsafe (and either way unproductive) to talk seriously about such things here.

You can find a lot of resources on Mastodon and Reddit, but be aware that every form of media is being astroturfed and propagandized (including HN.) Look for opportunities for activism within your own community, and network with people on the ground.

And accept that resistance may have consequences. You don't need to be a hero. Even something as simple as giving money to mutual aid groups is enough. Raise awareness on social media. Refuse to comply where you can afford to. Anything is better than nothing.

Please define "open borders", and tell me which politicians support that. Certainly neither Democrats nor Republican consider it part of their party's goals:

"Trump has inaccurately accused opponents from both parties, but especially Democrats, of supporting open borders, claiming they would allow "criminals" and "terrorists" to enter the U.S. undeterred. Democratic leaders have pushed back, pointing out that they support secure borders, and as Sanders said, wanted comprehensive immigration reform." - https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-open-borders-poverty...

While we know that the Republican donors Charles and David Koch support open borders, as the Newsweek article quotes: "I would let everybody in who comes here to contribute, and no one who wants to come here to do harm".

Open borders are what we have between the states. Open borders are like between England and Scotland.

Very few places - Svalbard being the only one I know of - have open borders where anyone can enter the country, without visa or other permit, and even become citizens that way.

I don't think any major political party has that sort of open border as a goal, left or right.