Tanvi Misra is a writer and investigative journalist primarily covering migration and justice issues, from abuses in ICE detention to the death of asylum in the United States. She is a 2026 Type Media Center investigative fellow.

Tanvi’s work has appeared in The Intercept, The Nation, New York Review of Books, Politico Magazine, Mother Jones, The Guardian, The Baffler, Lux, The New Republic, Harper's Bazaar, the Atlantic, Bloomberg CityLab, High Country News, NPR, the BBC and other publications. Her writing and commentary has been cited in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect as well as numerous books, academic journals, lawsuits, and Congressional documents.

Tanvi teaches reporting and writing at the City University of New York's Craig Newmark School of Journalism. She is a member-organizer with the National Writer's Union-Freelance Solidarity Project and represented by Julia Kardon at HG Literary.

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