Author interview: Eerie parallels in treatment of immigrant communities

Shifting demographics in the US partially explains why the Republican Party have turned further to the right in recent years — especially on immigration

Workers following arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Louisiana during the summer. Human Rights Watch say the agency has staged hundreds of violent raids at places where Latino people work, shop, eat, and live.

• Banished Citizens 
• Marla Andrea Ramírez 
• Harvard Press, €29.99