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Immigration

Poetry

No Place to Call Home

Daniel Borzutzky and Solmaz Sharif explore the poetics of war and exile, pushing the boundaries of a national literature.

Steve Healey

Global Justice, Law & Justice

On Ice

Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.

Colin Dayan

Global Justice, Politics

“Go home!”: Being Foreign in Post-Brexit Britain

For many EU citizens in the UK, the Brexit vote means the end of home as they know it.

Andrea Mammone

Global Justice, Politics

Brexit Threatens World Peace and Security

The vote will have consequences far beyond the UK's borders. 

Alex de Waal

Global Justice, Politics

No Money and No Plan for Refugees

The UN's World Humanitiarian Summit came up empty-handed.

Elizabeth Cullen Dunn

Global Justice, Politics

A Country for Old Men

Prominent Hungarian intellectuals have taken surprising anti-immigrant stances.

Holly Case

Global Justice, Politics

How Refugees Can Save Europe

Europe must accept that post-nationalism, by nature, is porous at its borders.

Paul Linden-Retek

Global Justice, Politics

America’s Refugee Debt

It is time for the United States to take responsibility for the war it encouraged in Syria.

Aziz Z. Huq

Global Justice, Politics

The Failure of Refugee Camps

Refugee camps, intended to be temporary, host people for an average of 12 years.

Elizabeth Cullen Dunn

Literature & Culture, Race

Family Farms vs. Americanism

Below the surface–and sometimes above it–a lot of today’s debates around immigration reform are about cultural assimilation.

Claude S. Fischer

Law & Justice, Politics

A Tale of Two Immigration Judgments

Federal courts have been busy scrutinizing the government’s handling of immigration.

Louis Fisher

Law & Justice, Politics

Don't Defund, Just Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security

Republicans are right to obstruct funding for DHS—but they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

Tom Barry

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