Echoes of Injustice: Immigrant Detention, Boarding Schools, Mass Incarceration, and the Construction of “Enemies”
From the Alien Enemies Act to the detention of Venezuelan immigrants, history reveals a disturbing pattern of creating ‘enemies’ to justify oppression. Echoes of past injustices – Native American boarding schools, mass incarceration, and Japanese American internment – juxtaposed against mass deportations in today’s headlines are challenging the illusion that ‘it can’t happen here’.