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Conflicting Signals: Understanding Us Immigration Reform Through The Evolution Of Us Immigration Law, Jill Family Dec 2009

Conflicting Signals: Understanding Us Immigration Reform Through The Evolution Of Us Immigration Law, Jill Family

Jill E. Family

This essay, published in the Revista catalana de dret public (Catalan Journal of Public Law), highlights the conflicting signals sent throughout the history of US immigration law. One consistent feature of the development of US immigration law is that it has exhibited signs of welcome and of tight control. Understanding this conflicted narrative helps to explain modern debates about immigration reform in the United States. The conflicting signals are evident in debates about the effectiveness of the system designed to select immigrants (including its enforcement features) and in debates over the future of the immigration adjudication system. Opposing views in …

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Asian Americans And Immigration Reform, Bill Ong Hing Dec 2009

Asian Americans And Immigration Reform, Bill Ong Hing

Bill Ong Hing

Asian Americans have a lot to gain from progressive immigration reform. Today, our relatives abroad make up the bulk of those who are on a waiting list that can last almost two decades in some categories. Many young men and women from our communities face deportation even though they have grown up in the United States. Some are subjected to harsh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and detention policies. Of the estimated twelve million undocumented immigrants in the country, demographers tell us that more than 10 percent are from Asian or Pacific countries. Many undocumented Asian Americans are college …

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