The Conversation: When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases
In its mass deportation campaign, the Trump administration has aggressively relied on immigrant detention. Alex Braithwaite and Rachel D. Van Norstrand for The Conversation consider whether U.S immigration detention centers qualify as "concentration camps." Their conclusion: "Scholars have defined the elements of what qualifies as a concentration camp system. Based on those, ICE detention facilities meet the definition of concentration camps."
