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Broken Fences: Legal And Practical Realities Of Immigration Reform In The Post-9/11 Age, Jeanne A. Butterfield Jan 2005

Broken Fences: Legal And Practical Realities Of Immigration Reform In The Post-9/11 Age, Jeanne A. Butterfield

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


The Executive's Scapegoat, The Court's Blind Eye? Immigrants' Rights After September 11, Hollis V. Pfitsch Jan 2005

The Executive's Scapegoat, The Court's Blind Eye? Immigrants' Rights After September 11, Hollis V. Pfitsch

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Restoring The Rule Of Law: Reflections On Fixing The Immigration System And Exploring Failed Policy Choices, Katherine L. Vaughns Jan 2005

Restoring The Rule Of Law: Reflections On Fixing The Immigration System And Exploring Failed Policy Choices, Katherine L. Vaughns

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

This paper reflects on issues surrounding the current debate about immigration reform, and explores failed policy choices over the past twenty years. It sets the stage first by providing a historical perspective, and noting how the events of 9/11 have inexorably changed the rhetoric and tone of the political and policy debates over immigration. It speculates about legislative choices and governmental inaction that have impeded past reform efforts and/or contributed to the current situation, thus undermining the rule of law; and observes that the undocumented immigrant population working and residing in this country today, which some lawmakers have labeled lawbreakers, …


Immigration: Mind Over Matter, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia Jan 2005

Immigration: Mind Over Matter, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


A Check On The Real Realities Of Immigration: A Reflection, Maureen A. Sweeney Jan 2005

A Check On The Real Realities Of Immigration: A Reflection, Maureen A. Sweeney

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Towards Balancing A New Immigration And Nationality Act: Enhanced Immigration Enforcement And Fair, Humane And Cost-Effective Treatment Of Aliens, Christopher Nugent Jan 2005

Towards Balancing A New Immigration And Nationality Act: Enhanced Immigration Enforcement And Fair, Humane And Cost-Effective Treatment Of Aliens, Christopher Nugent

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Restoring The Rule Of Law: Reflections On Fixing The Immigration System And Exploring Failed Policy Choices, Katherine L. Vaughns Dec 2004

Restoring The Rule Of Law: Reflections On Fixing The Immigration System And Exploring Failed Policy Choices, Katherine L. Vaughns

Katherine L. Vaughns

This paper reflects on issues surrounding the current debate about immigration reform, and explores failed policy choices over the past twenty years. It sets the stage first by providing a historical perspective, and noting how the events of 9/11 have inexorably changed the rhetoric and tone of the political and policy debates over immigration. It speculates about legislative choices and governmental inaction that have impeded past reform efforts and/or contributed to the current situation, thus undermining the rule of law; and observes that the undocumented immigrant population working and residing in this country today, which some lawmakers have labeled lawbreakers, …