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Perfecting Public Immigration Legislation: Private Immigration Bills And Deportable Lawful Permanent Residents, Kati Griffith
Perfecting Public Immigration Legislation: Private Immigration Bills And Deportable Lawful Permanent Residents, Kati Griffith
Kati Griffith
[Excerpt] This article examines why the historical relationship between immigration law and private bills has not continued following the enactment of the 1996 immigration laws for any of the affected immigrant groups. The article focuses on LPRs with criminal convictions in particular because their likelihood of deportation has increased dramatically as their access to executive discretion to avoid deportation has decreased. Since 1996, even if an LPR has lived in the United States since childhood, she can be subject to mandatory deportation for almost any criminal conviction – including misdemeanors, such as shoplifting or a bar fight. Since 1996, it …
Access To Protection: Negotiating Rights And Diplomatic Assurances Under Memoranda Of Understanding, Mariagiulia Giuffré
Access To Protection: Negotiating Rights And Diplomatic Assurances Under Memoranda Of Understanding, Mariagiulia Giuffré
Mariagiulia Giuffré
With the pretext of the global ‘war on terror’, States have repatriated a notable number of individuals who are considered threats to the public safety of the host country. Expulsion orders have often been issued on the basis of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)—written accords that enumerate a long list of undertakings dictating guarantees for the fair and human treatment of returnees. This paper aims to investigate whether the implementation of diplomatic assurances, whether formalized or not within MoUs, can undermine core refugee rights. Through a detailed review of international human rights case law, it observes that the text of MoUs …