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Criminal Law

BYU Law Review

Journal

2014

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Creating Crimmigration, César Cuahtémoc García Hernández Feb 2014

Creating Crimmigration, César Cuahtémoc García Hernández

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Mercy In Immigration Law, Allison Brownell Tirres Feb 2014

Mercy In Immigration Law, Allison Brownell Tirres

BYU Law Review

What role should mercy play in immigration law? This Article draws on the robust debate in the criminal law about the role of mercy in the hopes of starting a conversation among immigration law scholars and practitioners. Mercy skeptics argue that mercy contravenes justice, while advocates argue that mercy is a necessary countermeasure to the unrelenting harshness of criminal law today. I argue that the problems of mercy in the criminal law are amplified in the immigration law context. The lack of procedural and substantive protections for immigrants, the acceptance of unfettered discretion and lack of oversight of agency action, …