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The Legal Regulation Of Gay And Lesbian Families As Interstate Immigration Law, Sarah Abramowicz
The Legal Regulation Of Gay And Lesbian Families As Interstate Immigration Law, Sarah Abramowicz
Law Faculty Research Publications
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Separation, Deportation, Termination, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug
Separation, Deportation, Termination, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug
Faculty Publications
There is a growing practice of separating immigrant children from their deportable parents. Parental fitness is no longer the standard with regard to undocumented immigrant parents. Increasingly, fit undocumented parents must convince courts and welfare agencies that continuing or resuming parental custody is in their child’s best interest. This requirement is unique to immigrant parents and can have a disastrous impact on their ability to retain custody of their children. Best interest decisions are highly subjective and courts and agencies increasingly base their custody determinations on subjective criteria such as negative perceptions regarding undocumented immigrants and their countries of origin, …