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Foreword: Promoting And Defending Civil Rights In A Time Of Coronavirus, Elizabeth M. Iglesias
Foreword: Promoting And Defending Civil Rights In A Time Of Coronavirus, Elizabeth M. Iglesias
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
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Queering The Dream—The Impact Trump’S Decision Has On Lgbtq+ Dreamers, Candelario Saldana
Queering The Dream—The Impact Trump’S Decision Has On Lgbtq+ Dreamers, Candelario Saldana
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
On June 15, 2012, President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program, which was an exercise of prosecutorial discretion that provided temporary relief from deportation to youth known as Dreamers. On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would begin phasing out the program. The fate of the program has recently been litigated in courts including the Supreme Court, with a decision pending from the Supreme Court anytime in 2020 (although there is a push to stall a decision due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In this article I discuss the historical context of DACA and …
Ten Years Fighting Hate, David A. Hall
Ten Years Fighting Hate, David A. Hall
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (“the Act”). One of the goals of the Act was to broaden protections against crimes motivated by hatred for a person’s group membership (her perceived race, national origin, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion). The Act intends to address the need for US law to recognize the particularly destructive and virulent nature of crimes motivated by this kind of animus toward minority groups. Such crimes can often have an outsized effect, because they are intended to …
The Impact Of Racism On Maternal Health Outcomes For Black Women, Gabrielle T. Wynn
The Impact Of Racism On Maternal Health Outcomes For Black Women, Gabrielle T. Wynn
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
No abstract provided.