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My Foia Complaint On Deferred Action Cases At Ice, Shoba S. Wadhia Dec 2011

My Foia Complaint On Deferred Action Cases At Ice, Shoba S. Wadhia

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

No abstract provided.


Data From Ice On Deferred Action, Fall 2012, Shoba S. Wadhia Dec 2011

Data From Ice On Deferred Action, Fall 2012, Shoba S. Wadhia

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

No abstract provided.


Use Of The Term 'Illegal Alien', Shoba S. Wadhia Dec 2011

Use Of The Term 'Illegal Alien', Shoba S. Wadhia

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

This essay examines the use of the terms “alien,” “illegal,” and “illegal alien.” It will show that use of the term “illegal alien” is problematic because it is subject to many definitions that are often inaccurate. Moreover, even if there is agreement on the scope of the phrase “illegal alien,” the term cannot be fully understood without studying the individual characteristics of those defined by this term as well as the role of the government in sustaining an outdated immigration structure that creates illegal immigration an inevitability. Finally, this essay will show that the term “illegal alien” is dehumanizing because …


The Immigration Prosecutor And The Judge Examining The Role Of The Judiciary In Prosecutorial Discretion Decisions, Shoba S. Wadhia Dec 2011

The Immigration Prosecutor And The Judge Examining The Role Of The Judiciary In Prosecutorial Discretion Decisions, Shoba S. Wadhia

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Legal scholars and judges have long examined the role of judicial review in immigration matters, and also criticized the impacts of the “plenary power” doctrine and statutory deletions of judicial review for certain immigration cases. Absent from this scholarship is a serious examination of the judiciary’s role in immigration decisions involving prosecutorial discretion. I attribute this absence to both a silent concession that prosecutorial discretion decisions are automatically barred from judicial review because of the plain language of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); the judicial review “exceptions” in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), and the cases that analyze these …


Foia Request To Dhs On Daca Program, Shoba S. Wadhia Dec 2011

Foia Request To Dhs On Daca Program, Shoba S. Wadhia

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

No abstract provided.