OpinionJuly 23, 2024
Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History
Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results
Andrea Pitzer is author of the books One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov and, most recently, Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World. Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) @andreapitzer and visit her website at https://andreapitzer.com/home.
Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History
Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results