Person

Ana Raquel Minian

Bylines

Trump's Deportation Model

A 1950s mass deportation campaign shows that abuse and dehumanization are intrinsic to immigrant detention.

by Ana Raquel Minian via Dissent on October 31, 2024
America Turned Against Migrant Detention Before

Detaining migrants is pointless. American history proves it.

by Ana Raquel Minian via TIME on May 30, 2024
The Long History of the U.S. Immigration Crisis

How Washington outsources its dirty work.

by Ana Raquel Minian via Foreign Affairs on March 15, 2022
A Historian on How Trump’s Wall Rhetoric Changes Lives in Mexico

The U.S. did not always find it necessary to lock up people seeking asylum.

by Ana Raquel Minian, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on February 15, 2019

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States

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A drawing of two parents and a child running at a border, their silhouettes being sliced by a chainlink fence.

The Crime of Human Movement

Two recent books about our immigration system reveal its long history of exploiting vulnerable individuals for financial gain.

by Coco Fusco via New York Review of Books on October 31, 2024

Book cover of "In the Shadow of Liberty," featuring city scenes and barbed wire.

Intended to Be Cruel

On Ana Raquel Minian’s “In the Shadow of Liberty.”

by Sara Campos via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 2, 2024

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