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A Lion In The Path? The Influence Of International Law On The Immigration Policy Of The United States, Joan Fitzpatrick, William Mckay Bennett
A Lion In The Path? The Influence Of International Law On The Immigration Policy Of The United States, Joan Fitzpatrick, William Mckay Bennett
Washington Law Review
This article explores the place of international law in the immigration policy process in four settings: (1) the tentative and ultimately failed efforts of the executive and the judiciary to keep Congress within the bounds of internationally law-abiding conduct with respect to Chinese exclusion; (2) the almost complete disregard by Congress and the executive of international norms concerning health-related travel restrictions relating to HIV/AIDS; (3) Congressional inaction in the face of executive and judicial hypocrisy toward fundamental principles of refugee law in relation to interdiction of asylum-seekers; and (4) the emergence of a perverse canon presuming the abrogation of uncodified …