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What ICE’s Assault on Ventura County, California Means for the Rest of America

What ICE’s Assault on Ventura County, California Means for the Rest of America

Steven W. Thrasher on the Brutal Raids by Trump’s Ever-Growing Masked Army

By Steven W. Thrasher | July 21, 2025

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Alix Dick and Antero Garcia Chronicle Illicit Medical Procedures for Those Lacking Social Security Numbers

By Alix Dick and Antero Garcia | June 26, 2025

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

Ana Hebra Flaster on an Immigrant Family’s Reckonings in a New Country

By Ana Hebra Flaster | April 22, 2025

First-Person, Secondhand: Nine Books on Migration That Experiment with Point of View

First-Person, Secondhand: Nine Books on Migration That Experiment with Point of View

Chris Campanioni Recommends Olga Tokarczuk, Dubravka Ugrešić, Anna Seghers, and More

By Chris Campanioni | March 14, 2025

The Invisible Women, Immigrants, and Poor Americans of The Great Depression

The Invisible Women, Immigrants, and Poor Americans of The Great Depression

Dana Frank Excavates the Stories of the Forgotten in an America That Needs to Hear Them Today

By Dana Frank | October 9, 2024

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

Steven W. Thrasher on the Pernicious Narratives That Fuel the Status Quo

By Steven W. Thrasher | October 3, 2024

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Choose Your Own Adventure: On the Limits of Personal Agency in Migrant Fiction

By Ruben Reyes Jr. | August 19, 2024

“Do Palestinian Lives Have the Same Value to Us?” Ramsey Nasr on Gaza, Migrant Drownings, and the Right to Dignity

By Ramsey Nasr | February 20, 2024

Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the Very First Time

By Lauren Markham | February 13, 2024

Trouble at the Southern Border: How US Immigration Policy and Foreign Policy Are Inextricably Linked

Trouble at the Southern Border: How US Immigration Policy and Foreign Policy Are Inextricably Linked

Jonathan Blitzer on the Origins and Repercussions of the Current Humanitarian Crisis at the Border

By Jonathan Blitzer | February 5, 2024

The Urgent Importance of Making Space for Stories from the Farmworking Community

The Urgent Importance of Making Space for Stories from the Farmworking Community

A Roundtable on Immigrant Farmwork, Exploitation, and Finding Literary Authenticity

By Literary Hub | November 9, 2023

The Horrific Human Consequences of Anti-Migration Policies

The Horrific Human Consequences of Anti-Migration Policies

Sally Hayden on the Brutality of Borders

By Sally Hayden | July 10, 2023

How Aborted Journeys Mean Aborted Dreams for Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean

How Aborted Journeys Mean Aborted Dreams for Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean

Sally Hayden on How the EU Outsources Its Inhumane Refugee Policy

By Sally Hayden | March 24, 2022

On the Very Real Dangers of Artificial Borders

On the Very Real Dangers of Artificial Borders

Patrick Strickland Considers the Tangible and Intangible Barriers That Divide Us

By patrickstrickland | February 23, 2022

Migrants with Wings: On Flying Reindeer and the Inevitability of Migration

Migrants with Wings: On Flying Reindeer and the Inevitability of Migration

Jill Stoner Considers the Artificiality of Borders in a World Full of Crossings

By Jill Stoner | December 23, 2021

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Leath Tonino Considers His Brief Correspondence with the Author of Murder City

By Leath Tonino | December 3, 2021

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