Understanding Immigrant Incarceration: Past to Present

Join us for a conversation with Brianna Nofil, historian of the modern United States and author of The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration. Nofil’s award-winning book traces how the entwined histories of immigration policy, local law enforcement, and incarceration shaped today’s immigration detention system.This event provides a unique opportunity to engage directly with an award-winning author and Duke alumna, as she discusses her book, and the journey from writing a college thesis to publishing this groundbreaking work.

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