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The Migrant Protection Protocols: Two Administrations, One Outcome, Alexandria Doty
The Migrant Protection Protocols: Two Administrations, One Outcome, Alexandria Doty
Immigration and Human Rights Law Review
Immigrants have long seen the southern border of the United States as the last stop before they are able to enter the land of the free. The Department of Homeland Security, however, strives to make the southern border as inhospitable as possible to those hoping to cross. The Migrant Protect Protocols is the latest attempt from Washington to block access to the United States to immigrants who are detained by forcibly returning them to Mexico to await their deportation proceedings. While Americans have read stories of families being torn apart at the border or listened to interviews of politicians promising …
Taking Arlington To New Heights: The Carrillo-Lopez Decision, Caroline Henneman
Taking Arlington To New Heights: The Carrillo-Lopez Decision, Caroline Henneman
Immigration and Human Rights Law Review
Former President Trump campaigned on a promise to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Though President Trump did not fulfill this promise, he highlighted the amount of unchecked power his administration had over immigration law through policy enactments. Throughout the centuries, various Presidents and sessions of Congress utilized this unbridled power to discriminate against migrants on the basis of race. In 1952, Congress enacted the Immigration and Nationality Act, which repealed several explicitly racist requirements but overlooked other racially charged laws from prior statutes, such as criminally punishing unlawful re-entry found in 8 U.S.C. §1326. On August …