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Taking The Direct File Statute To Criminal Court: Immigration Consequences For Juveniles, Marlon J. Baquedano
Taking The Direct File Statute To Criminal Court: Immigration Consequences For Juveniles, Marlon J. Baquedano
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
Florida is one of fifteen jurisdictions in the United States that have enacted a direct file statute that grants prosecutors the ability to transfer juveniles from the juvenile justice system to adult court. Critiques of the direct file statute have focused on its effectiveness on deterrence and recidivism, its arbitrariness in application, and the tension with the role of juvenile justice in reforming rather than punishing youth. This Note explores the harmful consequences of the direct file statute on non-citizen youth in immigration proceedings and the probability of obtaining immigration relief. An adult conviction as opposed to a juvenile delinquency …
The Legality Of Denying State Foster Care To Illegal Alien Children: Are Abused And Abandoned Children The First Casualties In America's War On Immigration, Carolyn S, Salisbury
The Legality Of Denying State Foster Care To Illegal Alien Children: Are Abused And Abandoned Children The First Casualties In America's War On Immigration, Carolyn S, Salisbury
University of Miami Law Review
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