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Brianna Nofil
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A Nation of Imprisoned Immigrants
Jails have been foundational to immigration enforcement for over a century—and have always operated with a staggering absence of oversight and public awareness.
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Brianna Nofil
via
Inquest
on
January 21, 2025
How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration
Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”
by
Brianna Nofil
via
Texas Observer
on
November 19, 2024
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The China Business
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.
by
Brianna Nofil
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HNN
on
October 22, 2024
In the 1920s, the Now-Forgotten Flood of 'Girl Mayors' Became the Face of Feminism
Profiles of a few of the municipal leaders elected in the wake of the 19th Amendment.
by
Brianna Nofil
via
Atlas Obscura
on
July 6, 2016
Ellis Island's Forgotten Final Act as a Cold War Detention Center
The idealistic interpretation of Ellis Island should be revisited.
by
Brianna Nofil
via
Atlas Obscura
on
February 2, 2016
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The Migrant's Jail
: An American History of Mass Incarceration
Brianna Nofil
2024