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Misperceptions And Challenges With Immigrant Kids: Taking A Closer Look At The Border Crisis, Barbara L. Loach
Misperceptions And Challenges With Immigrant Kids: Taking A Closer Look At The Border Crisis, Barbara L. Loach
English, Literature, and Modern Languages Faculty Publications
Why are so many unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children showing up in the United States? What should be done about them? In this guest column by Cedarville University professor Barbara Loach, she argues that this crisis shows illegal immigration is not a domestic issue, but rather is an international issue that must be addressed by cooperation of all nations involved.
Us Should Not Gut Legal Protections For Immigrant Children, Lauren Carasik
Us Should Not Gut Legal Protections For Immigrant Children, Lauren Carasik
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Minors Crossing Us Southern Border Need Protection, Lauren Carasik
Minors Crossing Us Southern Border Need Protection, Lauren Carasik
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Illegitimate Borders: Jus Sanguinis Citizenship And The Legal Construction Of Family, Race, And Nation, Kristin Collins
Illegitimate Borders: Jus Sanguinis Citizenship And The Legal Construction Of Family, Race, And Nation, Kristin Collins
Faculty Scholarship
The citizenship status of children born to American parents outside the United States is governed by a complex set of statutes. When the parents of such children are not married, these statutes encumber the transmission of citizenship between father and child while readily recognizing the child of an American mother as a citizen. Much of the debate concerning the propriety and constitutionality of those laws has centered on the extent to which they reflect gender-traditional understandings of fathers’ and mothers’ respective parental roles, or instead reflect “real differences” between men and women. Based on extensive archival research, this Article demonstrates …