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Adopting Nationality, Irina D. Manta, Cassandra Burke Robertson
Adopting Nationality, Irina D. Manta, Cassandra Burke Robertson
Washington Law Review
Contrary to popular belief, when a child is adopted from abroad by an American citizen and brought to the United States, that child does not always become an American citizen. Many adoptees have not discovered until years later (sometimes far into adulthood) that they are not actually citizens, and some likely still do not know. To address this problem, the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA) was enacted to automate citizenship for certain international adoptees, but it does not cover everyone. Tens of thousands of adoptees still live under the assumption that they are American citizens when, in fact, they …
The Trauma Of Trump's Family Separation And Child Detention Actions: A Children's Rights Perspective, Jonathan Todres, Daniela Villamizar Fink
The Trauma Of Trump's Family Separation And Child Detention Actions: A Children's Rights Perspective, Jonathan Todres, Daniela Villamizar Fink
Washington Law Review
In April 2018, the Trump Administration publicly announced a new zero-tolerance policy for illegal entries at the U.S. border. This action kicked off a wave of family separations that made headlines and drew criticism from around the globe. Despite resounding condemnation of these actions, the Trump Administration defended its family separation policy as a “tough deterrent.” At least 2,600 families were torn apart in the ensuing months. And subsequent reports—from both the government and others—have detailed widespread abuses of and substandard conditions for children held in detention centers. The consequences of these separations and the maltreatment of children in detention …
The Role Of Interest Groups In Policy Formulation, Warren R. Leiden
The Role Of Interest Groups In Policy Formulation, Warren R. Leiden
Washington Law Review
In the immigration field, as in most areas of national policy, advocacy groups play an important and sometimes essential role in the policymaking process. Often derided as "special interests" and accused of opposing the "public interest," advocacy organizations are in fact manifestations of the public and give voice to the concerns of specific segments of it. This article will examine how advocacy groups determine policy positions and activities and the nature of their role in the making of public policy on immigration matters.
Making Asylum Policy: The 1994 Reforms, David A. Martin
Making Asylum Policy: The 1994 Reforms, David A. Martin
Washington Law Review
The asylum reforms adopted in 1994 provide an intriguing glimpse into the making of immigration policy in the media spotlight—an intermittent spotlight, in this policy domain, with a short attention span. My primary aim here is to capture the history of those reforms, as it appeared to an outsider who was invited to play an insider's role as a nearly full-time consultant to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during certain crucial months in summer and fall 1993. The account should also help clarify certain central features of the reforms and offer some insight into key decisions in their shaping. …
Constitutional Law—Immigration: Meiklejohn Theory Of The First Amendment Applied In The Immigration Context—Mandel V. Mitchell, 325 F. Supp. 620 (E.D.N.Y.), Appeal Docketed 40 U.S.L.W. 3035 (U.S. July 13, 1971), Anon
Washington Law Review
Ernest Mandel, a noted Belgian economist and a Trotskyite Marxist, was invited to participate as a speaker and panelist in a conference at Stanford University. He was denied a visa pursuant to two subsections of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. Subsection 212(a)(28)(D) excludes "Aliens... who advocate the economic, international, and governmental doctrines of World communism;..." and subsection 212(a)(28)(G)(v) bars "Aliens who write or publish ... or who knowingly circulate ... any written or printed matter, advocating or teaching ... the economic, international and governmental doctrines of world communism.. . . " Although Mandel had been granted visas for …