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Why The Legal Strategy Of Exploiting Immigrant Families Should Worry Us All, Jamie Abrams Jan 2019

Why The Legal Strategy Of Exploiting Immigrant Families Should Worry Us All, Jamie Abrams

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This article applies a family law lens to explore the systemic and traumatic effects of modern laws and policies on immigrant families. A family law lens widens the scope of individuals harmed by recent immigration laws and policies to show why all families are affected and harmed by shifts in state power, state action, and state rhetoric. The family law lens reveals a worrisome shift in intentionality that has moved the state from a bystander to family-based immigration trauma to an incendiary agent perpetrating family trauma.

Modern immigration laws and policies are deploying legal and political strategies that intentionally sever …


Independence And Immigration, Amanda Frost Jan 2016

Independence And Immigration, Amanda Frost

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No abstract provided.


Concord With Which Other Families: Marriage Equality, Family Demographics, And Race, Nancy Polikoff Jan 2015

Concord With Which Other Families: Marriage Equality, Family Demographics, And Race, Nancy Polikoff

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No abstract provided.


“Strong Words, Gentle Deeds”: Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Maryland Immigration Consultant Act Five Years On, Cori Alonso-Marsden Apr 2012

“Strong Words, Gentle Deeds”: Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Maryland Immigration Consultant Act Five Years On, Cori Alonso-Marsden

Legislation and Policy Brief

On February 7, 2005, legislators introduced in the Maryland General Assembly a bill entitled “Consumer Protection – Immigration Consulting Services.” Designated as House Bill 691, the legislation sought to protect Maryland consumers through a series of civil and criminal provisions targeting consultants for unauthorized immigration legal practice. Primarily, House Bill 691 limited the types of services an immigration consultant could offer and the claims she could make regarding those services. In addition, the law required that the consultant provide the client with a posted disclaimer regarding the scope of the service, and a written contract prior to the provision of …


The Dual Purposes Of The U Visa Thwarted In A Legislative Duel, Jamie Abrams Jan 2010

The Dual Purposes Of The U Visa Thwarted In A Legislative Duel, Jamie Abrams

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Congress created the U visa non-immigrant classification to achieve the dual purposes of both strengthening law enforcement’s ability to pursue domestic violence cases and protecting victims. This article reveals how the gatekeeper function of the law enforcement certification in the U visa petition, as set out in the interim final regulations, undermines Congress’s dual purposes and thwarts the statutory framework entirely. The law enforcement certification provisions of the U visa interim final regulations irreparably shift considerable centralized power to law enforcement personnel, subjecting the certification process to inconsistent application and misapplication.

U Visas allow undocumented non-immigrants who are victims of …


Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón Jan 2009

Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón

The Modern American

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For Richer Or Poorer Or Any Other Reason: Adjudicating Immigration Marriage Fraud Cases Within The Scope Of The Constitution , Marcel De Armas Jan 2007

For Richer Or Poorer Or Any Other Reason: Adjudicating Immigration Marriage Fraud Cases Within The Scope Of The Constitution , Marcel De Armas

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Mandatory Motherhood And Frustrated Fatherhood: The Supreme Court's Preservation Of Gender Discrimination In American Citizenship Law, Erin Chlopak Jun 2002

Mandatory Motherhood And Frustrated Fatherhood: The Supreme Court's Preservation Of Gender Discrimination In American Citizenship Law, Erin Chlopak

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.