Sarah Stillman

Visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute, and inaugural recipient of their reporting award.  

Sarah Stillman appears in the following:

The Lethal Consequences of Deportation

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Sarah Stillman discusses her recent story for the The New Yorker, “When Deportation Is a Death Sentence,” on the tragic consequences of deportation for some immigrants in the U.S. 

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Migration-Extortion Industry Targets Children Fleeing Violence at the Border

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Kidnappers are targeting the more than fifty thousand unaccompanied child migrants fleeing violence in Central America. 

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Profiting from Offenders When They Get Out of Jail

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A look at the growing industry of "offender-funded justice" that profits from those who are unable to pay their unpaid tickets, fines, and court fees.

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The Invisible Army

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Sarah Stillman discusses the recruitment and treatment of foreigners working as support staff on American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her article "The Invisible Army" appears in the June 6, 2011, issue of The New Yorker.

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War is Hell for Foreign Civilian Workers

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Serving in overseas wars, the men and women of today’s armed forces could easily miss the familiar tastes and luxuries of home. Fortunately for them, the US military has made it a point to make Pizza Huts, Taco Bells, Cinnabons and even beauty parlors common fixtures of their major bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, in order to provide those familiar amenities, the military must staff tens of thousands of international civilian employees. With few oversights, and little accountability, those workers — dubbed “Third Country Nationals” in military parlance — are often subject to terrible living and working conditions. 

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