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Ryan Fontanilla

Ryan Fontanilla is a doctoral student in history at Harvard University and served in the United State Coast Guard.

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Immigration Enforcement and the Afterlife of the Slave Ship

Coast Guard techniques for blocking Haitian asylum seekers have their roots in the slave trade. Understanding these connections can help us disentangle immigration policy from white nationalism.

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