The Lie of American Asylum
Three new books offer searing portraits of the people affected by family separations and the criminalization of asylum in the Trump era.
Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants
by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond
by John Washington
The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border
by Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo
November 5, 2020 issue
