Tanvi Misra
@tanvi.bsky.social
writer +/ journo covering migration, cities, justice etc. words in The Nation, Politico Mag, The Baffler, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. teaching @ CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism. tanvim.05 on signal. Tanvim27 on insta.
How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism Type Investigations fellow @tanvi.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
The Death of Asylum
How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism
jewishcurrents.org
Afghan asylum seekers fled a crisis the US had a direct role in fomenting—only to become targets in Trump’s immigration crackdown. @typeinvestigations.org fellow @tanvi.bsky.social for @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
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Tanvi Misra (@tanvi.bsky.social) on America’s betrayal of Afghan asylum seekers
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
nybooks.com
The Biden administration’s policies “were already hurting asylum seekers…and a second Trump administration [spelled] disaster for Afghans,” @tanvi.bsky.social writes. “Two years later, the disaster is unfolding as a slow burn.”
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
nybooks.com
On this episode of On the Nose, @tanvi.bsky.social and John Washington discuss the slow death of asylum—and whether it was ever really "alive and well." An important listen in light of the Supreme Court's devastating rulings on TPS and asylum policy. jewishcurrents.org/democracy-an...
“The Trump administration has developed a range of methods to weaponize a system already stacked against asylum seekers…. To an unprecedented degree, many have been sent to third countries with which they had no ties, from Panama to Ghana.” —@tanvi.bsky.social
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
nybooks.com
The Biden administration’s policies “were already hurting asylum seekers…and a second Trump administration [spelled] disaster for Afghans,” @tanvi.bsky.social writes. “Two years later, the disaster is unfolding as a slow burn.”
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
nybooks.com
“The Trump administration has developed a range of methods to weaponize a system already stacked against asylum seekers…. To an unprecedented degree, many have been sent to third countries with which they had no ties, from Panama to Ghana.” —@tanvi.bsky.social
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum | Tanvi Misra
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of
nybooks.com
NEW FREE HELL! @typemediacenter.org fellow and @fspnwu.bsky.social 's @tanvi.bsky.social on the @jewishcurrents.bsky.social essay, "The Death of Asylum: How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved the way for authoritarianism.” Keep us free! www.patreon.com/posts/new-he...
New Hell! Tanvi Misra on the End of Asylum | This Is Hell!
New Hell! Tanvi Misra on the End of Asylum by This Is Hell! on Patreon. Join This Is Hell!'s community for exclusive content and updates.
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SUBSTACKED THIS AND OTHER RECENT WORK HERE: substack.com/@tanvimisra/...
All Eyes on ICE
(and other stories)
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Tanvi Misra@tanvi.bsky.social · 3mo agoFor the latest issue for @readlux.bsky.social , I followed a couple of different groups of court watchers earlier this year. The piece (if you don’t have your copy in hand yet) is also online now! lux-magazine.com/articlea/ice...
Some really great analysis of asylum, which should be a human right equally available to all who need, and we should be working together globally to end the need...
Tanvi Misra@tanvi.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the decimation of the right to asylum. I went into the history of asylum, how it was formalized post the World Wars, how it was never properly implemented, and how its destruction paves the path for authoritarianism. jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
For the latest issue for @readlux.bsky.social , I followed a couple of different groups of court watchers earlier this year. The piece (if you don’t have your copy in hand yet) is also online now! lux-magazine.com/articlea/ice...
All Eyes on ICE
Court watchers get inside the deportation machine.
lux-magazine.com
The walls that keep *them* out inevitably wind up keeping *you* in.
Tanvi Misra@tanvi.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the decimation of the right to asylum. I went into the history of asylum, how it was formalized post the World Wars, how it was never properly implemented, and how its destruction paves the path for authoritarianism. jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the decimation of the right to asylum. I went into the history of asylum, how it was formalized post the World Wars, how it was never properly implemented, and how its destruction paves the path for authoritarianism. jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
The Death of Asylum
How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism
jewishcurrents.org
NEW LIVE FREE HELL! at 10AM CDT and poodcast shortly after Tues., Shana Marshall discusses the @securityincontext.bsky.social piece, "A Violent Convergence" on militarization. Weds., @tanvi.bsky.social on the @jewishcurrents.bsky.social essay, "The Death of Asylum" www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...
This week in Hell! "A Violent Convergence" and "The Death of Asylum" | This Is Hell!
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"By stripping the right to asylum, nations are creating a growing underclass of placeless, rightless people to police in perpetuity, and an ever-greater policing apparatus with which to crack down on them—and, increasingly, everyone else" - @tanvi.bsky.social jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
The Death of Asylum
How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism
jewishcurrents.org
For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the decimation of the right to asylum. I went into the history of asylum, how it was formalized post the World Wars, how it was never properly implemented, and how its destruction paves the path for authoritarianism. jewishcurrents.org/the-death-of...
The Death of Asylum
How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism
jewishcurrents.org
Hi, I'm looking to speak with resettled refugee Afghan families or those in the asylum process affected by recent Trump policies for a story. Can protect ID! Please reach out at tanvim.05 on signal.
We are excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd @jasgarsd.bsky.social, Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social, Ryan “R.L.” Nave @rlnave.bsky.social, and Katie Rose Quandt will be joining the Type Media Center fellowship program: typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...
Type Media Center Welcomes Six Journalists As Fellows - Type Media Center
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woohoo!
Type Media Center@typemediacenter.org · 5mo agoWe are excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd @jasgarsd.bsky.social, Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social, Ryan “R.L.” Nave @rlnave.bsky.social, and Katie Rose Quandt will be joining the Type Media Center fellowship program: typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...
Doing investigative fellowship with the good folks at Type Media, covering-- no surprise--immigration. Pls reach out if you have investigative tips (real tips! pls don't give me story ideas, i've been on this beat for a decade!) I'm at tanvim.05 on signal. typemediacenter.org/fellows/tanv...
Tanvi Misra - Type Media Center
The Fellowship Program provides emerging and established journalists the support needed to write on complex social and political issues. Our fellows form a unique community of thinkers and writers and...
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reading this by @tanvi.bsky.social 'as the new mayor takes office, the bigger question is not what he symbolizes for immigrant communities but what benefits he might deliver for them if he can realize his vision of an affordable city.'
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
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Our immigration system is based on criminalization & punishment, and so called third country deportations are just one way Trump is scaling this system to even harsher extremes. We spoke w/ @nymag.com about how double punishment works. Read the story by @tanvi.bsky.social: nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
As we wrap up year one of Trump’s second administration, we invited @adamfederman.bsky.social, @tanvi.bsky.social, and @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social back to the Backstory to talk about how the year has gone and how they think things will develop going forward. open.spotify.com/episode/2UOo...
Adam Federman, Tanvi Misra, and Kathryn Joyce: Lessons from One Year of Reporting on Trump
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”Yet immigrants, of course, are not a monolith. They have taken different paths to America and had different experiences upon arrival—and they tell themselves different stories about their own luck and circumstance.” Important read/reminder 👇
Tanvi Misra@tanvi.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew year, new mayor, new essay in @nybooks.com about what the Mamdani mayoral era might mean for the city's immigrant communities: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
New year, new mayor, new essay in @nybooks.com about what the Mamdani mayoral era might mean for the city's immigrant communities: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
nybooks.com
New year, new mayor, new essay in @nybooks.com about what the Mamdani mayoral era might mean for the city's immigrant communities: www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation
nybooks.com
I revived my dead substack and did a roundup of everything i wrote last year: all my essays and investigations and magazine pieces on immigration, the topic I've covered for a decade at this point. PLS READ & SUBSCRIBE substack.com/home/post/p-...
All the things I wrote
...in 2025
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