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Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens And The Making Of Modern America, Kerry Abrams Jan 2007

Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens And The Making Of Modern America, Kerry Abrams

Faculty Scholarship

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The Immigration-Terrorism Illusory Correlation And Heuristic Mistake, Mary De Ming Fan Jan 2007

The Immigration-Terrorism Illusory Correlation And Heuristic Mistake, Mary De Ming Fan

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The national broil over immigration reform is fermenting an illusory correlation and mistaken heuristic. Two events illustrate the involvement of legislators in the manufacture and mplification of this heuristic mistake. A controversial bill passed by the House of Representatives in December 2005 explicitly and extensively packaged immigration control with antiterrorism.' During his term as a congressman, J. D. Hayworth published a book claiming that inflows of people over the U.S.-Mexico border pose a "terrorist threat," that the nation has witnessed an "illegal alien crime spree," and that high immigration rates from Mexico threaten social instability.[para] Such pronouncements by legislators generate …


Is Immigration Still Exclusionary A Federal Power - A Preemption Analysis On Legislation By Hazelton, Pennsylvania Regulating Illegal Immigration, Eric L'Heureux Isadore Jan 2007

Is Immigration Still Exclusionary A Federal Power - A Preemption Analysis On Legislation By Hazelton, Pennsylvania Regulating Illegal Immigration, Eric L'Heureux Isadore

Villanova Law Review

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