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Maddalena Marinari

Maddalena Marinari is assistant professor of history at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

Maddalena Marinari is assistant professor of history at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. She teaches a broad range of courses on 20th century US history and writes about immigration, immigration restriction and policy history.

A black and white photo of people going through immigration queues

Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’

Immigration

The “likely to become a public charge” clause originally targeted southern and eastern European immigrants. It has since become a tool to exclude “undesirable” immigrants du jour.

Street scene, colorized old photo, vendors, people in top hats, carriages

Another time in history that the US created travel bans — against Italians

Global Politics
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