Maddalena Marinari

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.

Recent Stories

Immigration

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

The World

August 15, 2019

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.

Global Politics

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

The World

October 02, 2017

In the 1920s, the US demanded that Italy help them vet immigrants. They created barriers for immigrants considered to be a threat — physically, culturally or politically.

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