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Fundamental Justice And The Deflection Of Refugees From Canada, James C. Hathaway
Fundamental Justice And The Deflection Of Refugees From Canada, James C. Hathaway
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Canada is preparing to implement a controversial provision of the Immigration Act that will deny asylum seekers the opportunity even to argue their need for protection from persecution. Under a policy labelled "deflection" by the authors, the claims of refugees who travel to Canada through countries deemed safe, likely the United States and eventually Europe, will be rejected without any hearing on the merits. Because deflection does not require substantive or procedural harmonization of refugee law among partner states, it will severely compromise the ability of genuine refugees to seek protection.
Whose Alien Nation?: Two Models Of Constitutional Immigration Law, Hiroshi Motomura
Whose Alien Nation?: Two Models Of Constitutional Immigration Law, Hiroshi Motomura
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Peter Brimelow, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster
Granting Political Asylum To Potential Victims Of Female Circumcision, Gregory A. Kelson
Granting Political Asylum To Potential Victims Of Female Circumcision, Gregory A. Kelson
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Part I of this article examines two cases. In one case, a United States immigration court allowed female circumcision as a defense to deportation. In another case, the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board granted political asylum after recognizing female circumcision as a form of persecution. Part II assesses the extent of protections currently provided for potential victims of female circumcision under U.S. asylum law and analyzes the factors that a court should consider when making asylum determinations. Part III recommends that gender should be added to the enumerated grounds for persecution under U.S. asylum law. This section provides a hypothetical …
Race Discourse And Proposition 187, John Sw Park
Race Discourse And Proposition 187, John Sw Park
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
Proposition 187 inspired a visceral public discourse. Proponents and opponents of the measure discussed several themes important to contemporary political theory, particularly themes related to sovereignty and civil rights. This Note shows how participants in that debate-including people of color-spoke of "rights" in a way that denied the possibility for undocumented aliens to have rights. When citizens spoke, they did so in a way that implicitly linked rights to citizenship; in other words, they assumed that without citizenship, persons were not entitled to rights or rights-based claims. Ironically, the debate about Proposition 187 pointed to the achievements of a "civil …