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Unlawful Status As A "Constitutional Irrelevancy"?: The Equal Protection Rights Of Illegal Immigrants, Jason H. Lee
Unlawful Status As A "Constitutional Irrelevancy"?: The Equal Protection Rights Of Illegal Immigrants, Jason H. Lee
Golden Gate University Law Review
This article focuses on state discrimination against illegal immigrants and the use of equal-protection doctrine to protect these immigrants' rights to enjoy the array of benefits and services offered by state governments. There are two main reasons why this article will focus on the Equal Protection Clause rather than on federal preemption doctrine, which is the other major tool that illegal immigrants can use to attack discriminatory state classifications. First, the equal-protection doctrine highlights the dignity and membership of an individual in American society in a way that the more structural preemption analysis does not. Second, preemption has become the …
The Marriage Myth: Why Mixed-Status Marriages Need An Immigration Remedy, Julie Mercer
The Marriage Myth: Why Mixed-Status Marriages Need An Immigration Remedy, Julie Mercer
Golden Gate University Law Review
Part I of this Comment reviews the history of adjustment of status, the expired 245(i) remedy, the three or ten year bar, and the extreme hardship waiver. Part II illustrates how current immigration law runs counter to United States pro-marriage policy, promotes separation of spouses in mixed-status marriages, and has a negative economic impact. Part III recommends reinstating a narrow version of the 245(i) remedy only for U.S. citizens' unauthorized spouses and creating a marriage fraud enforcement division. Finally, Part IV concludes that creating a remedy for U.S. citizens would avoid the harmful impacts of the current law while generating …