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This is partly due to the leaderless nature of these demonstrations, which on the one hand helps protesters evade clampdowns - but also impedes long-term decision-making.

Immigration advocates cast the change as an attempt by the administration to further impede the legal pathway to citizenship for hardworking immigrants already deeply rooted in the U.S.

Canceling them would impede government efficiency: Births and deaths in the state would take weeks or months longer to enter the federal system.

Too often, he adds, “minoritized identities are asked to speak for their entire identity. But that responsibility impedes the ability to speak for themselves.”

Prosecutors allege that protesters used their bodies and cars to impede federal law enforcement from exiting the farm and threw rocks at agents’ vehicles, which broke windows and side-view mirrors.