Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, examines the Trump administration’s actions against migrants at the southern border in the light of history.

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When people hear the phrase 'Oh, there's concentration camps on the southern border,' they think, 'Oh, it's not Auschwitz.' Of course, it's not those things, each camp system is different.

If Americans confirm with one voice that, yes, there are concentration camps at the U.S.-Mexico border, we confirm the continuation of an ugly history we have yet to fully acknowledge — and the ...

History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can’t Wait Until 2020. Few of us have fully considered what we would do if concentration camps were built and operated in ...

The concentration camp system, which she traces to 1890s Cuba, introduces a wartime tactic into civil society, essentially declaring martial law, Pitzer told Esquire magazine.

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said she found remarks comparing facilities along the southern border to concentration camps “offensive,” during a House Homeland Security subcommittee ...

The population equivalent of another Framingham is crossing our border illegally every month—and not only are we NOT rounding people up and putting them on trains--We're spending billions we don ...

PostEverything Yes, you can call the border centers ‘concentration camps,’ but apply the history with care. They're not Auschwitz, but they're not summer camps, either.

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said Thursday that comparing migrant detention facilities to concentration camps is “offensive.” “I personally find them offensive,” Provost told the House Homeland ...