Brianna Nofil

Jails have been foundational to immigration enforcement for over a century—and have always operated with a staggering absence of oversight and public awareness.

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”

At the turn of the century in upstate New York, one tiny town learned there was money to make in the jailing of Chinese migrants.

Profiles of a few of the municipal leaders elected in the wake of the 19th Amendment.

The idealistic interpretation of Ellis Island should be revisited.