When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases
- Written by Alex Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor & Director, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona
Barbed wire surrounds the GEO Group ICE detention facility in Adelanto, Calif. on July 10, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesThe phrase “concentration camp” is freighted with dark historical meaning. Most people hear it and instinctively think of concentration camps used by the Nazis to exterminate Jews and other minority...