In the Shadow of Liberty

Winner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize “Meticulous . . . Storytelling allows Minian to convey the physical and emotional toll of detention with potent specificity. The result is a book-length plea against dehumanization, at least for those who are willing to listen.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United State