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The Right To Travel: Breaking Down The Thousand Petty Fortresses Of State Self-Deportation Laws, R. Linus Chan
The Right To Travel: Breaking Down The Thousand Petty Fortresses Of State Self-Deportation Laws, R. Linus Chan
Pace Law Review
Part I of this Article discusses the limitation of the pre-emption doctrine on state self-deportation laws. Part II discusses a short history of the Supreme Court’s application of the right to travel. Part III explains why the lack of federal authorization or immigrant status does not exclude people from the right to travel’s protection. Part IV discusses how the right to travel relates to citizenship and how the undocumented may exercise what has been described as a privilege or immunity of citizenship. Finally, Part V examines how the current state-based “self-deportation” immigration laws violate the right to travel.
An Analysis Of The United States Employment Immigration System In Attracting And Retaining Skilled Workers And The Effects Of Its Dichotomous Objectives—Competitiveness Versus Protectionism: A Case For Reform?, Vignaswari Saminathan
Pace Law Review
The aim of this Article is to analyze the dichotomous objectives of U.S. immigration policy and to determine what recourse exists to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. immigration system and to ensure adequate protection for U.S. workers. Given that the H-1B visa, the temporary nonimmigrant visa category, has become a very important stepping stone to legal permanent residency, this Article will examine the developments and impact of the dichotomous measures within the context of the H-1B as well as the second employment-based preference category (EB-2) and the third employment-based preference category (EB-3). As such, Part II of this Article …