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The Book Show #1669 - Adam Goodman

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published July 14, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT
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The new book, The Deportation Machine, traces the long and troubling history of the US government's systematic efforts to terrorize and expel immigrants over the past 140 years. Professor of History and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois and author Adam Goodman examines how federal, state, and local officials have targeted various groups for expulsion.

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