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Unsung Heroes In Sa And Beyond Help Immigrants Find Hope, Erica B. Schommer May 2019

Unsung Heroes In Sa And Beyond Help Immigrants Find Hope, Erica B. Schommer

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After Years Of Working With ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know The Inhumane Facility Doesn’T Deserve A Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer Jul 2018

After Years Of Working With ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know The Inhumane Facility Doesn’T Deserve A Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer

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Convergence: A Meeting Responds To Cries Of Desperation, David Bristol, Lee J. Teran, Gretchen Haynes Jan 2015

Convergence: A Meeting Responds To Cries Of Desperation, David Bristol, Lee J. Teran, Gretchen Haynes

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Immigration Reform From The Outside In, Bill Piatt Jan 2008

Immigration Reform From The Outside In, Bill Piatt

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Immigration reform is made up of two differing extreme positions, but by seeking common ground, a more fair and balanced approach may be adopted in the best interests of all.Rather than trying to analyze positions as conservative or liberal, it makes more sense to view the extremes as a “closed border” versus “open border” approach. The extreme positions will not work, so a more middle-ground position would require a thoughtful examination of a number of issues. Those issues are what are the costs and benefits of removing those already illegally here; what role should the federal, state, and local governments …


The Effect Of 8 U. S. C. 1324(D) In Transporting Prosecutions: Does The Confrontation Clause Still Apply To Alien Defendants, Donna F. Coltharp Jan 2003

The Effect Of 8 U. S. C. 1324(D) In Transporting Prosecutions: Does The Confrontation Clause Still Apply To Alien Defendants, Donna F. Coltharp

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Obtaining Remedies For Ins Misconduct, Lee J. Teran Jan 1996

Obtaining Remedies For Ins Misconduct, Lee J. Teran

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Immigration Law: The Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Activity, Genevieve Hebert Fajardo, Lorelei Ritchie Jan 1995

Immigration Law: The Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Activity, Genevieve Hebert Fajardo, Lorelei Ritchie

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Immigration laws in the United States may affect prisoners, possibly resulting in deportation. Some convicted prisoners who are aliens may be subject to deportation dependent upon the government’s ability to prove by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that they fall into a deportable category. Providing prisoners with sufficient knowledge and answers to potential deportation questions stemming from criminal convictions may delay and thwart these proceedings.

By beginning with a categorization of the different types of immigrants in this country, a convicted prisoner will be better able to determine for themselves whether they are subject to deportation. If they are, this …


Center For Legal And Social Justice, Original Prospectus (C. 1993), St. Mary's University School Of Law Jan 1993

Center For Legal And Social Justice, Original Prospectus (C. 1993), St. Mary's University School Of Law

Prospectus for the Center for Legal and Social Justice

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Introduction, Bernard D. Reams Jr. Jan 1978

Introduction, Bernard D. Reams Jr.

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Volume Two of Immigration and Nationality Law Review continues to represent a centralized annual forum for the paramount articles concerning American immigration laws. In addition to the law review articles selected by the editor for inclusion in this second volume, two original essays by practitioners in immigration law are featured. Mark Mancini examines excludability for lack of a valid labor certification as a species of fraud, and Dan P. Danilov reviews and discusses recent changes regarding nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for workers, businessmen, managers and investors. The Review’s goal remains that of providing the practicing lawyer and legal researcher with …


Introduction, Bernard D. Reams Jr. Jan 1976

Introduction, Bernard D. Reams Jr.

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The law of immigration and nationality is becoming an increasingly important topic in legal literature. This introductory volume of Immigration and Nationality Law Review represents an attempt to provide a centralized annual forum for the leading articles in this area of American law. Normally, leading legal periodical articles on the subjects of immigration, nationality, and alienage, are spread throughout various law journals. At best, materials germane to this subject have occasionally appeared in special law review issues or symposium volumes published by various American law schools. However, considering the growing relevance and concerns of immigration and nationality in the United …