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Immigration Law

2012

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Of Civil Wrongs And Rights: Kiyemba V. Obama And The Meaning Of Freedom, Separation Of Powers, And The Rule Of Law Ten Years After 9/11, Katherine L. Vaughns, Heather L. Williams Oct 2012

Of Civil Wrongs And Rights: Kiyemba V. Obama And The Meaning Of Freedom, Separation Of Powers, And The Rule Of Law Ten Years After 9/11, Katherine L. Vaughns, Heather L. Williams

Katherine L. Vaughns

This article is about the rise and fall of continued adherence to the rule of law, proper application of the separation of powers doctrine, and the meaning of freedom for a group of seventeen Uighurs—a Turkic Muslim ethnic minority whose members reside in the Xinjiang province of China—who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base since 2002. Most scholars regard the trilogy of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and Boumediene v. Bush as demonstrating the Supreme Court’s willingness to uphold the rule of law during the war on terror. The recent experience of the Uighurs suggest that …


Panel Two: Should There Be Remote Public Access To Court Filings In Immigration Cases?, The Honorable Robert Hinkle, David Mccraw, Daniel Kanstroom, Eleanor Acer Feb 2012

Panel Two: Should There Be Remote Public Access To Court Filings In Immigration Cases?, The Honorable Robert Hinkle, David Mccraw, Daniel Kanstroom, Eleanor Acer

Daniel Kanstroom

No abstract provided.


Aftermath: Deportation Law And The New American Diaspora, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2011

Aftermath: Deportation Law And The New American Diaspora, Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

Since the passage of harsh new deportation laws in 1996, the United States has deported millions of noncitizens--many undocumented, but many others long-term legal residents with U.S. families--back to their countries of origin. The early Obama administration continued such aggressive deportation policies. But few know that once deportees have been expelled to places like Guatemala, Cambodia, Haiti, and El Salvador, many face severe isolation, alienation, persecution and, sometimes, death. Many may never be able to return. Daniel Kanstroom--author of the authoritative history of deportation, Deportation Nation--turns his attention in Aftermath to the current U.S. system and deportation's actual effects on …


Deportations And Repatriations, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2011

Deportations And Repatriations, Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

No abstract provided.


Immigration Law: Current Challenges And The Elusive Search For Legal Integrity, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2011

Immigration Law: Current Challenges And The Elusive Search For Legal Integrity, Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

This chapter offers an overview of deep questions about immigration and deportation law and practice. It includes a discussion of recent deportation policies and Supreme Court precedents.