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Far-left Antifa activists waiting to see Trump actions. How will anti-fascists respond?

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Anti-fascists are bracing for a coming immigration crackdown under President-elect Donald Trump .

Anti-fascist organizers and volunteers say they’re gearing up in case America witnesses another “George Floyd Moment ” that galvanizes the far-left and its black-clad militant wing into protests and action.

USA TODAY interviewed more than a dozen self-proclaimed Antifa activists from across the country.

Anti-fascists in America see themselves, and their allies, as under attack from Trump and his Make America Great Again movement.

But that doesn’t mean Antifa is about to storm the streets.

Anti-fascist activism typically is reactive rather than large-scale protests against Trump .

Activists say they are willing to stay in their corner, helping the people around them.

Anti-fascists are aware of the president-elect’s animosity towards them, and are concerned he will try to use the full power of federal law-enforcement agencies against them.

Experts in terrorism are less worried about the threat from organized Antifa than they are about loose cannons or “lone wolves” within their ranks.

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