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Detained

How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.

by Emily Kassie via The Marshall Project on September 24, 2019

Ken Cuccinelli

How President Trump’s New Immigration Rule Could Erode the Social Safety Net

The new rule dramatically expands the meaning of public charge.

by Salonee Bhaman via Made By History on August 14, 2019

‘Some Suburb of Hell’: America’s New Concentration Camp System

The longer a camp system stays open, the more likely it is that vital things will go wrong.

by Andrea Pitzer via New York Review of Books on June 21, 2019

The Wild West Meets the Southern Border

At first glance, frontier towns near the U.S.-Mexico border seem oblivious both of history and of the current political reality.

by Valeria Luiselli via The New Yorker on June 3, 2019

The Myth of the American Frontier

Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on April 1, 2019

When the Frontier Becomes the Wall

What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.

by Francisco Cantú via The New Yorker on March 4, 2019

Today's U.S.-Mexico "Border Crisis' in 6 Charts

Immigration from Mexico is actually decreasing.

by Douglas Massey via The Conversation on June 27, 2018

The Roots of Trump’s Immigration Barbarity

The outrage over family separation creates an opportunity to reverse the bipartisan consensus that has long victimized immigrants.

by Daniel Denvir via Jacobin on June 20, 2018

Sanctuary Syllabus

Inspired by Trump's election and his anti-immigrant policies, a group of scholars compiled this collection on the idea of "sanctuary."

by Paula Chakravartty, Yoav Halperin, Monica Kim, Rachel Kuo, Molly Nolan, Sonya Posmentier, Sarah Sklaw, Shivani Srivastav via Public Books on December 5, 2017

America’s Lost History of Border Violence

Texas Rangers and vigilantes killed thousands of Mexican-Americans in a campaign of terror. Will Texas acknowledge the bloodshed?

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 5, 2016

37 Maps That Explain How America Is a Nation of Immigrants

It's impossible to understand the country without knowing who's been kept out, who's been let in, and how they've been treated once they arrive.

by Dara Lind via Vox on January 12, 2015

A Border Crosses

After a Rio Grande flood shifted a 437-acre strip of land from Mexico to Texas, the area was the site of a long border dispute.

by Paul A. Kramer via The New Yorker on September 20, 2014

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