Tanvi Misra

Washington, D.C.

Journalist and Writer at Freelance

migration, cities, justice. @typeinvestigate @POLITICOMag @newrepublic @guardian @thebafflermag etc. Teaching at @newmarkjschool Signal: tanvim.05

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Articles

The Deportation Dragnet

3 weeks ago | jewishcurrents.org | Tanvi Misra

On March 7th, Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia University doctoral student from India and the holder of an F-1 student visa, was on a Zoom call with an advisor from the university’s international students’ office when a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knocked on her door.
What Will You Do?

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Kaveh Akbar |Laura Jedeed |Sasha Abramsky |Tanvi Misra

Activism / March 28, 2025 What Will You Do? What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list? Ad Policy Rumeysa Ozturk being arrested byICE.(CBS News)Tonight I opened Instagram on my iPhone and the very first thing it showed me was a video of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, being arrested by ICE.
“Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions

1 month ago | thenation.com | Tanvi Misra

March 17, 2025 “Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy DetentionsDetainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication. Edit Ad Policy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo) This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations.
At Home He’s a Tourist

Jan 6, 2025 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Tanvi Misra

On the morning of November 5, the day of the 2024 presidential election, the algorithm delivered me the promise of escape. Titled “Here’s How to Buy Citizenship in Another Country,” the article lamented the global character of climate change and the fact that “political turmoil is upending longstanding democracies.” Despite the polycrisis’s indifference to borders, the author suggested I might be happier elsewhere.
What Does Caste Have to Do With Kamala Harris?

Sep 26, 2024 | harpersbazaar.com | Tanvi Misra

At the large white marble-top kitchen island, two American women of Indian descent are chopping onions and exchanging notes on their similar family backgrounds. “So, South Indians, it’s vegetarian,” says then-Senator Kamala Harris to comedian and producer Mindy Kaling, who responds with an anecdote about visiting her own strict, vegetarian Hindu family in South India.
The Fatal Flaw in the Border Patrol’s Rescue Program

Sep 4, 2024 | truthdig.com | Tanvi Misra

This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. Este artículo también está disponible en español. The two Guatemalan boys huddled under a shiny black blanket that reflected the moonlight. It was their first night alone. Their only link to family was a cellphone, so they texted their uncle, Carlos D.L., in California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados.” Uncle, they left us here.
The fatal flaw in the Border Patrol’s rescue program

Sep 1, 2024 | hcn.org | Tanvi Misra

This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. Este artículo también está disponible en español. The two Guatemalan boys huddled under a shiny black blanket that reflected the moonlight. It was their first night alone. Their only link to family was a cellphone, so they texted their uncle, Carlos D.L., in California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados.” Uncle, they left us here.
La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza

Sep 1, 2024 | hcn.org | Tanvi Misra

This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. This article is also available in English. Los dos chicos guatemaltecos se acurrucaron bajo una manta negra brillante que reflejaba la luz de la luna. Era su primera noche solos. Su único vínculo con la familia era un teléfono celular, así que le enviaron un mensaje de texto a su tío, Carlos D.L., en California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados”.
Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants

Nov 14, 2023 | hcn.org | Tanvi Misra

On June 27, 2022, around 1:44 a.m., a man lost in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona called 911. An emergency services dispatcher for Pima County answered. The man, clearly distressed, tried to describe his surroundings and explain that he was lost, wet and freezing. But before he could finish, the dispatcher interrupted him, saying, “I don’t understand,un momento,” and abruptly transferred the call to the U.S. Border Patrol.
‘He Lost Our Votes’: How Biden’s Israel Policy Is Costing Him Dearly in This Critical Swing State

Nov 11, 2023 | politico.com | Tanvi Misra

‘He Lost Our Votes’: How Biden’s Israel Policy Is Costing Him Dearly in This Critical Swing StateIn the battleground state of Michigan, the Israel/Hamas conflict, with its resulting pileup of atrocities, will likely play an outsized role in next year’s presidential election. Residents march in support of Palestinians on Oct. 14, 2023 in Dearborn, Mich.