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Formalizing Local Citizenship, Peter J. Spiro
Formalizing Local Citizenship, Peter J. Spiro
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This essay highlights recent state and local policies relating to immigrants and the respects in which they reflect the community membership of those who do not have national citizenship, and makes a case for bundling measures premised on alien membership through the institutional challenge of citizenship. The article also explores the modalities of a formalized local citizenship.
"Sanctuary Cities" And Local Citizenship, Rose Cuison Villazor
"Sanctuary Cities" And Local Citizenship, Rose Cuison Villazor
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article explores the ways in which sanctuary laws illustrate the tensions between national and local citizenship, and specifically examines the ways in which "sanctuary cities" have constructed membership for undocumented immigrants located within their jurisdictions.