Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 7 of 7

Full-Text Articles in Law

In The Twelve Years Of Nafta, The Treaty Gave To Me ... What, Exactly?: An Assessment Of Economic, Social, And Political Developments In Mexico Since 1994 And Their Impact On Mexican Immigration Into The United States, Ranko Shiraki Oliver Apr 2007

In The Twelve Years Of Nafta, The Treaty Gave To Me ... What, Exactly?: An Assessment Of Economic, Social, And Political Developments In Mexico Since 1994 And Their Impact On Mexican Immigration Into The United States, Ranko Shiraki Oliver

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Recovering The Face-To-Face In American Immigration Law, Marie Failinger Jan 2007

Recovering The Face-To-Face In American Immigration Law, Marie Failinger

Faculty Scholarship

Professor Failinger’s article begins with stories of the Chinese Exclusion period and modern Arizona border immigration. Tracing Emmanuel Levinas’ argument about violence and totalization of the vulnerable Other as it is manifested in discriminatory legislation in these periods, she argues for a return to the Face-to-Face in deciding immigration requests for admission to the U.S. through a rubric of equitable guided discretion.


Panel One–Empowering Survivors With Legal-Status Challenges, Karen Musalo Jan 2007

Panel One–Empowering Survivors With Legal-Status Challenges, Karen Musalo

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Protecting Victims Of Gendered Persecution: Fear Of Floodgates Or Call To (Principled) Action?, Karen Musalo Jan 2007

Protecting Victims Of Gendered Persecution: Fear Of Floodgates Or Call To (Principled) Action?, Karen Musalo

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Work And Citizenship, Jennifer Gordon, Robin A. Lenhardt Jan 2007

Rethinking Work And Citizenship, Jennifer Gordon, Robin A. Lenhardt

Faculty Scholarship

This Article advances a new approach to understanding the relationship between work and citizenship that comes out of research on African American and Latino immigrant low-wage workers. Media accounts typically portray African Americans and Latino immigrants as engaged in a pitched battle for jobs. Conventional wisdom suggests that the source of tension between these groups is labor competition or the racial prejudice of employers. While these explanations offer useful insights, they do not fully explain the intensity and longevity of the conflict. Nor has relevant legal scholarship offered a sufficient theoretical lens through which this conflict can be viewed. In …


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

No abstract provided.


Immigration Law And The Regulation Of Marriage, Kerry Abrams Jan 2007

Immigration Law And The Regulation Of Marriage, Kerry Abrams

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.