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Recovering Texas History: Tejanos, Jim Crow, Lynchings & The University Of Texas School Of Law, Jose R. "Beto" Juarez
Recovering Texas History: Tejanos, Jim Crow, Lynchings & The University Of Texas School Of Law, Jose R. "Beto" Juarez
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Sustaining Tiered Personhood: Jim Crow And Anti-Immigrant Laws, Karla M. Mckanders
Sustaining Tiered Personhood: Jim Crow And Anti-Immigrant Laws, Karla M. Mckanders
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal immigration law. State and local legislatures are responding by passing their own laws targeting immigrants. While many legislators and city council members state that the purpose of the anti-immigrant laws is to restrict illegal immigration where the federal government has failed to do so, opponents claim that the laws are passed to enable discrimination and exclusion of all Latinos, regardless of their immigration status. …