Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 7 of 7
Full-Text Articles in Law
The Federal Government's Telephone Employment Verification System And California State Assembly Bill 507, Assembly Select Committee On Statewide Immigration Impact
The Federal Government's Telephone Employment Verification System And California State Assembly Bill 507, Assembly Select Committee On Statewide Immigration Impact
California Assembly
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Indiana Journal Of Global Legal Studies Immigration Project
Introduction: Indiana Journal Of Global Legal Studies Immigration Project
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
The New Slave Trade: The International Crisis Of Immigrant Smuggling, Kevin Tessier
The New Slave Trade: The International Crisis Of Immigrant Smuggling, Kevin Tessier
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Foreword, Edwin Meléndez
Foreword, Edwin Meléndez
New England Journal of Public Policy
This is the first of two parts of "Latinos in a Changing Society"; Part II is scheduled for Fall/Winter 1995 publication. The following articles provide new insights into several key areas of concern: immigration, employment and income, and political participation. Part II articles will address education, health, and identity and ethnicity.
Critical Race Theory And Proposition 187: The Racial Politics Of Immigration Law, Ruben J. Garcia
Critical Race Theory And Proposition 187: The Racial Politics Of Immigration Law, Ruben J. Garcia
Scholarly Works
Immigration law and politics have been historically intertwined with racial prejudice. Many of those who have called for immigration restrictions have also sought an end to the racial and cultural diversity brought by immigrants. With the end of legally sanctioned race discrimination in the 1960s, immigration rhetoric has lost some of its overt racist overtones. However, in the 1990s, many politicians and lawmakers have emphasized the difference between “legal” and “illegal” immigration. This change begs a central question: Have the racist motivations of past immigration law and policy been completely displaced by a concern for law and order? This Comment …
Immigration Law: The Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Activity, Genevieve Hebert Fajardo, Lorelei Ritchie
Immigration Law: The Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Activity, Genevieve Hebert Fajardo, Lorelei Ritchie
Faculty Articles
Immigration laws in the United States may affect prisoners, possibly resulting in deportation. Some convicted prisoners who are aliens may be subject to deportation dependent upon the government’s ability to prove by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that they fall into a deportable category. Providing prisoners with sufficient knowledge and answers to potential deportation questions stemming from criminal convictions may delay and thwart these proceedings.
By beginning with a categorization of the different types of immigrants in this country, a convicted prisoner will be better able to determine for themselves whether they are subject to deportation. If they are, this …
In Re Oluloro: Risk Of Female Genital Mutilation As Extreme Hardship In Immigration Proceedings Symposium - Human Rights In The Americas - Recent Development., Patricia Dysart Rudloff
In Re Oluloro: Risk Of Female Genital Mutilation As Extreme Hardship In Immigration Proceedings Symposium - Human Rights In The Americas - Recent Development., Patricia Dysart Rudloff
St. Mary's Law Journal
On March 23, 1994, in In re Oluloro, Immigration Judge Kendall Warren’s decision indicated the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) should consider human rights abuses directed at women. The overriding concern was the possibility that two young U.S. girls would suffer female genital mutilation (FGM) if the INS deported their mother to Nigeria. In reaching the decision to suspend the mother’s deportation, Judge Warren condemned FGM as “cruel and serv[ing] no known medical purpose.” Judge Warren ruled the practice presented an extreme hardship for the girls. Unfortunately, the court’s ruling has no precedential value because the INS did …