Trump’s Deportation Model
Trump has invoked a 1950s mass deportation campaign as a blueprint for his nativist agenda. Its history shows that abuse and dehumanization are intrinsic to immigrant detention.
Spring 2025
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Sweden Turns Inward
Most politicians now nod in agreement with the right’s calls to reduce immigration, deport the undocumented, restructure criminal policy, and prevent further political integration with the European Union. A new nationalist consensus is forming.
How the Hart–Celler Act Changed America
The 1960s effort to end discriminatory quotas sowed the seeds of the political conflicts over immigration that are still with us today.
Vaccine Nationalism
The world’s richest countries have undermined the international cooperation we need to end this pandemic.
The Rise of Border Fascism
Far-right groups threaten violence amid a contested election. How did we get here?
The Nativist Tradition
Two recent books put the reemergence of anti-immigrant sentiment in the Trump era into historical relief.
Health Nativism
Borders are not going to help us fight this virus.
