Nonfiction Books About ICE, Deportation, Camps and Immigration in the United States (Part 2)

Published on 23 April 2026 at 15:25

Welcome back! This resource series focuses on ICE and deportations in the United States. Painful experiences with ICE, immigration, seeking refuge, and deportation in the United States can impact people at any age, including children, young adults, and families. The nonfiction books below are written for adults. They bring a human element to stories about immigration, dealing with the pain of deportation, and the loss of safe harbor. You can also find resources, support, and information about your rights when dealing with ICE or other immigration officials in the links under this paragraph.

Resources Related to ICE and Deportation

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Books About ICE, Deportation, Camps, and Abuses of Power in the United States

  1. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (on DREAMers)
  2. Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Border Around the World by Todd Miller (a study of US border patrol and the way US borders have changed)
  3. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas (on living undocumented)
  4. Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore (a discussion of racism and incarceration based on geography)
  5. Everyone Who is Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer (a journalistic exploration of asylum through the Obama and Trump years)
  6. Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities: Engaged Ethnography edited by Kristin Elizabeth Yarris, Whitney L. Duncan
  7. The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri (a refugee memoir)
  8. A Critical Theory of Police Power: The Fabrication of the Social Order by Mark Neocleous (studying the relationship between capitalism and policing)
  9. The Good Immigrant by 26 Writers Reflect on America, edited by Nikesh Shukla (personal stories)
  10. Deport, Deprive, Extradite: Twenty-First-Century State Extremism by Nisha Kapoor (a discussion of racializing and dehumanizing Muslim men accused of terrorism-related offenses)
  11. The Land of Open Graves by Jason De Leon (discussing migrant death in the Arizona desert)
  12. Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands: Confronting Trump's Reign of Terror edited by Arturo J. Aldama, Jessica Ordaz (a study of Trump's first term and the impact of his rhetoric and policies)

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