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Learning From Our Mistakes: Using Immigration Enforcement Errors To Guide Reform, Amanda Frost Jan 2015

Learning From Our Mistakes: Using Immigration Enforcement Errors To Guide Reform, Amanda Frost

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Immigration scholars and advocates frequently criticize our immigration system for imposing severe penalties akin to (or worse than) those in the criminal justice system — such as prolonged detention and permanent exile from the United States — without providing sufficient procedural protections to minimize enforcement errors. Yet there has been relatively little scholarship examining the frequency of errors in immigration enforcement and identifying recurring causes of those errors, in part because the data is hard to find. This Article begins by canvassing some of the publicly available data on enforcement errors, which reveal that such mistakes occur too frequently to …


Riding The Wave: Uplifting Labor Organizations Through Immigration Reform, Jayesh Rathod Jan 2014

Riding The Wave: Uplifting Labor Organizations Through Immigration Reform, Jayesh Rathod

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

In recent years, labor unions in the United States have embraced the immigrants’ rights movement, cognizant that the very future of organized labor depends on its ability to attract immigrant workers and integrate them into union ranks. At the same time, the immigrants’ rights movement has been lauded for its successful organizing models, often drawing upon the vitality and ingenuity of immigrant-based worker centers, which themselves have emerged as alternatives to traditional labor unions. And while the labor and immigrants’ rights movements have engaged in some fruitful collaborations, their mutual support has failed to radically reshape the trajectory of either …


The Pursuit Of Justice Is Without Borders: Binational Strategies For Defending Migrants’ Rights, Victoria Gavito Jan 2007

The Pursuit Of Justice Is Without Borders: Binational Strategies For Defending Migrants’ Rights, Victoria Gavito

Human Rights Brief

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Mistakes In The Making: The Failure Of U.S. Immigration Reform To Protect The Labor Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Lilah S. Rosenblum Jan 2006

Mistakes In The Making: The Failure Of U.S. Immigration Reform To Protect The Labor Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Lilah S. Rosenblum

Human Rights Brief

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