How ICE Is Mimicking 19th Century Slave Patrols

Immigration enforcement agents are using methods that look very familiar

On June 2, 1854, the city of Boston was under military occupation. Federal troops with a loaded cannon stood ready as 1500 militiamen formed a human corridor from the courthouse to the harbor to march a single prisoner through the streets. His name was Anthony Burns, and he was a 20-year-old clothing store worker. His crime was escaping slavery.

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