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Articles 1 - 29 of 29
Full-Text Articles in Immigration Law
Dillon's Rule: A Check On Sheriff's Authority To Enter 287(G) Agreements, Gregory Taylor
Dillon's Rule: A Check On Sheriff's Authority To Enter 287(G) Agreements, Gregory Taylor
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Building Bridges: Why Expanding Optional Practical Training Is A Valid Exercise Of Agency Authority And How It Helps F-1 Students Transition To H-1b Worker Status, Pia Nitzschke
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Birthright Citizenship Under Attack: How Dominican Nationality Laws May Be The Future Of U.S. Exclusion, Ediberto Roman, Ernesto Sagas
Birthright Citizenship Under Attack: How Dominican Nationality Laws May Be The Future Of U.S. Exclusion, Ediberto Roman, Ernesto Sagas
American University Law Review
Attacks on birthright citizenship periodically emerge in the United States, particularly during presidential election cycles. Indeed, blaming immigrants for the country's woes is a common strategy for conservative politicians, and the campaign leading up to the 2016 presidential election was not an exception. Several of the Republican presidential candidates raised the issue, with President Donald Trump making it the hallmark of his immigration reform platform. Trump promised that, if elected, his administration would "end birthright citizenship."
In the Dominican Republic, ending birthright citizenship and curbing immigration are now enshrined into law, resulting from a significant constitutional redefinition of Dominican citizenship …
Fundamentally Unfair: Databases, Deportation, And The Crimmigrant Gang Member, Katherine Conway
Fundamentally Unfair: Databases, Deportation, And The Crimmigrant Gang Member, Katherine Conway
American University Law Review
Provocative language painting immigrants as dangerous criminals and promises of increased immigration enforcement were cornerstones of Donald j Trump's presidential candidacy. As president, he has maintained this rhetoric and made good on many of his promises by broadening the definition of "criminal conduct" for immigration enforcement purposes, touting a renewed focus on immigrant gangs and cartels, and conducting several nation-wide anti-gang sweeps that placed an estimated 1095 "known" gang members in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. But the Trump Administration did not create the specter of the criminal immigrant, or "crimmigrant," gang member, nor did it create the detection …
Unconventional Refugees, Elizabeth Keyes
Unconventional Refugees, Elizabeth Keyes
American University Law Review
Refugees are a flash point for political divisions in the United States and abroad. The enormous personal, moral, and legal challenges posed by the displacement of refugees around the world reveal the dire inadequacies of our current policies toward refugee protection. Children running to border agents at the U.S. southern border are treated as a security threat to be deterred, instead of a vulnerable population needing some level of protection. The numbers of people seeking safety in the United States, while not objectively high, places further strain on an already under-resourced and heavily burdened immigration system, which at the end …
The Perils And Possibilities Of Refugee Federalism, Burch Elias
The Perils And Possibilities Of Refugee Federalism, Burch Elias
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Can We Act Globally While Thinking Locally? Responding To Stella Burch Elias, The Perils And Possibilities Of Refugee Federalism, Kit Johnson
American University Law Review
In The Perils and Possibilities of Refugee Federalism, Professor Stella Burch Elias skillfully exposes both the dangers and the opportunities presented by state responses to the resettlement of refugees within their borders. She concludes that states are prohibited from excluding refugees from their territory, but she argues that states have a previously untapped opportunity to legislate at the local level in an effort to promote the integration of refugees into their communities.
This Response does not challenge those conclusions. Rather, this Response seeks to provide context to the idea of refugee federalism by further discussing the problem, acknowledged by Professor …
The Status Of Nonstatus, Geoggrey Heeren
The Status Of Nonstatus, Geoggrey Heeren
American University Law Review
Millions of unauthorized immigrants in the United States have no legal immigration status and live in constant fear of deportation. There are millions more who do have some sort of status, like lawful permanent residency, asylum, or a nonimmigrant visa. In between is the netherworld of nonstatus. Here live noncitizens who possess government documentation but few rights. They have no pathway to lawful permanent residence or citizenship and cannot receive most public benefits. If nonstatus is denied or revoked by a prosecutor or bureaucrat, there is no right to a hearing or an appeal. If the Executive Branch discriminates in …
The Boundaries Of Executive Discretion: Deferred Action, Unlawful Presence, And Immigration Law, Peter Margulies
The Boundaries Of Executive Discretion: Deferred Action, Unlawful Presence, And Immigration Law, Peter Margulies
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bordering Persecution: Why Asylum Seekers Should Not Be Subject To Expedited Removal, Alvaro Peralta
Bordering Persecution: Why Asylum Seekers Should Not Be Subject To Expedited Removal, Alvaro Peralta
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
D(E)Volving Discretion: Lessons From The Life And Times Of Secure Communities, Juliet P. Stumpf
D(E)Volving Discretion: Lessons From The Life And Times Of Secure Communities, Juliet P. Stumpf
American University Law Review
The devolution of immigration authority to line officers, touted as a strength of the Secure Communities program, planted the seeds of the program's downfall. Rising from the ashes of Secure Communities, the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) set priorities for removal and also unveiled a potential antidote to the devolution of agency discretion. This Article details the rise of Secure Communities and describes the devolution of discretion that ultimately undermined the program. It then spotlights a little-noticed attribute of the PEP-one that addresses head-on Secure Communities' devolution of enforcement discretion to the lowest level. PEP attempts to recapture ftderal discretion to …
The History Of Prosecutorial Discretion In Immigration Law, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
The History Of Prosecutorial Discretion In Immigration Law, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comment: Until The Plenary Power Do Us Part: Judicial Scrutiny Of The Defense Of Marriage Act In Immigration After Flores-Villar, Jessica Portmess
Comment: Until The Plenary Power Do Us Part: Judicial Scrutiny Of The Defense Of Marriage Act In Immigration After Flores-Villar, Jessica Portmess
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Padilla V. Kentucky: A New Chapter In Supreme Court Jurisprudence On Whether Deportation Constitutes Punishment For Lawful Permanent Residents?, Anita Maddali
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Citizenship Clause: A "Legislative History", Garrett Epps
The Citizenship Clause: A "Legislative History", Garrett Epps
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Pulling The Trigger: Separation Violence As A Basis For Refugee Protection For Battered Women, Marisa Cianciarulo, Claudia David
Pulling The Trigger: Separation Violence As A Basis For Refugee Protection For Battered Women, Marisa Cianciarulo, Claudia David
American University Law Review
For over a decade, women seeking asylum from persecution inflicted by their abusive husbands and partners have found little protection in the United States. During that time, domestic violence-based asylum cases have languished in limbo, been denied, or occasionally been granted in unpublished opinions that have not provided a much-needed adjudicative standard. The main case setting forth the pre-Obama approach to domestic violence-based asylum is rife with misunderstanding of the nature of domestic violence and minimization of the role that society plays in the proliferation of domestic violence. Fortunately, however, a recent Obama-administration legal brief indicates that women fleeing countries …
Redefining The Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Keith Cunningham-Parmeter
Redefining The Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Keith Cunningham-Parmeter
American University Law Review
Should a nation extend legal rights to those who enter the country illegally? The Supreme Court recently addressed this question when it held that unauthorized immigrants who are fired illegally for unionizing cannot recover monetary remedies. This has led to a significant decline in employment protections for unauthorized immigrants beyond the unionized sector. For example, some courts now question whether unauthorized immigrants can receive full remedies for sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, or on-the-job injuries.
Scholars have criticized these losses but have yet to formulate a coherent framework for evaluating the employment rights of unauthorized immigrants. This article does so by …
The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, And Sovereign Power, Juliet Stumpf
The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, And Sovereign Power, Juliet Stumpf
American University Law Review
This article provides a fresh theoretical perspective on the most important development in immigration law today: the convergence of immigration and criminal law. It proposes a unifying theory - membership theory - for why these two areas of law recently have become so connected, and why that convergence is troubling. Membership theory restricts individual rights and privileges to those who are members of a social contract between the government and the people.
Membership theory provides decisionmakers with justification for excluding individuals from society, using immigration and criminal law as the means of exclusion. It operates in the intersection between criminal …
Evading "Residence": Undocumented Students, Higher Education, And The States, Jessica Salsbury
Evading "Residence": Undocumented Students, Higher Education, And The States, Jessica Salsbury
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Forfeiting "Enduring Freedom" For "Homeland Security": A Constitutional Analysis Of The Usa Patriot Act And The Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Initiatives , John W. Whitehead, Steven H. Aden
Forfeiting "Enduring Freedom" For "Homeland Security": A Constitutional Analysis Of The Usa Patriot Act And The Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Initiatives , John W. Whitehead, Steven H. Aden
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
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.
The Hardship Waiver Of The Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement Under Section 212(E) Of The Ina: The Need For A Change , Inna V. Tachkalova
The Hardship Waiver Of The Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement Under Section 212(E) Of The Ina: The Need For A Change , Inna V. Tachkalova
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sex-Based Discrimination In U.S. Immigration Law: The High Court's Lost Opportunity To Bridge The Gap Between What We Say And What We Do , Debra L. Satinoff
Sex-Based Discrimination In U.S. Immigration Law: The High Court's Lost Opportunity To Bridge The Gap Between What We Say And What We Do , Debra L. Satinoff
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Consumer Protection For Latinos: Overcoming Language Fraud And English-Only In The Marketplace , Steven W. Bender
Consumer Protection For Latinos: Overcoming Language Fraud And English-Only In The Marketplace , Steven W. Bender
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Race, Law And Justice: The Rehnquist Court And The American Dilemma , Paul Butler, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Roger Pilon, Robert S. Chang, David Kairys, Jamin B. Raskin, Charles J. Cooper, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Jeffret\Y Rosen, Adrienne D. Davis, Alexandra Natapoff, Katheryn K. Russell, Angela Jordan Newton, Burton Wechsler, Mark Hager, Clarence Page, Brenda Wright, Stuart Ishimaru, Frank R. Parker, Frank H. Wu
Race, Law And Justice: The Rehnquist Court And The American Dilemma , Paul Butler, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Roger Pilon, Robert S. Chang, David Kairys, Jamin B. Raskin, Charles J. Cooper, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Jeffret\Y Rosen, Adrienne D. Davis, Alexandra Natapoff, Katheryn K. Russell, Angela Jordan Newton, Burton Wechsler, Mark Hager, Clarence Page, Brenda Wright, Stuart Ishimaru, Frank R. Parker, Frank H. Wu
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Changing America: Three Arguments About Asian Americans And The Law , Frank H. Wu
Changing America: Three Arguments About Asian Americans And The Law , Frank H. Wu
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The End Of Innocence Or Politics After The Fall Of The Essential Subject , Robert S. Chang
The End Of Innocence Or Politics After The Fall Of The Essential Subject , Robert S. Chang
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sur Place Refugee Status In The Context Of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers In Hong Kong, Josh Briggs
Sur Place Refugee Status In The Context Of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers In Hong Kong, Josh Briggs
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.