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Full-Text Articles in Immigration Law
Destigmatizing Disability In The Law Of Immigration Admissions, Medha D. Makhlouf
Destigmatizing Disability In The Law Of Immigration Admissions, Medha D. Makhlouf
Faculty Contributions to Books
In U.S. immigration law, disability has historically been associated with deviance, and has served as the basis for legal barriers to entry and eventual citizenship. For example, immigrants with actual and perceived physical and intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and other health conditions have been deemed “inadmissible” to the United States based on the belief that they are likely to become dependent on the government for support. Although the law has evolved to accommodate immigrants with disabilities in some ways, significant legal barriers still exist on account of the widespread, persistent characterization of disability as a “bad difference” from the norm. …
Marta, Marta, Tsos
Marta, Marta, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Marta is a member of the support community for Central American refugees arriving in the southwest US. In this interview, Marta shares her own story of crossing the border at a young age with her daughter and her life in the US. Marta was self-employed for many years and later went on to serve in the US Army in Iraq. For the last 9 months, she and her husband Israel and son Josue have worked tirelessly to help make sure the current refugees arriving are cared for after they are released from detention centers and begin their lives in the …
Memorandum From Alvey A. Adee To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, April 13, 1909, Alvey A. Adee
Memorandum From Alvey A. Adee To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, April 13, 1909, Alvey A. Adee
Immigration
The document is a typed memorandum from the Second Assistant Secretary of State to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson on the topic of immigrant laborers and the need for regulations and conditions imposed by a special Department of Labor.