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Immigration Law

2021

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

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Women Of Color In Immigration Enforcement, Kit Johnson Jun 2021

Women Of Color In Immigration Enforcement, Kit Johnson

Nevada Law Journal

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Cruelty Was The Point: Theories Of Recovery For Family Separation Anddetention Abuses, Sarah Rogerson Mar 2021

Cruelty Was The Point: Theories Of Recovery For Family Separation Anddetention Abuses, Sarah Rogerson

Nevada Law Journal

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Chevron’S Asylum: Judicial Deference In Refugee Cases, Michael Kagan Jan 2021

Chevron’S Asylum: Judicial Deference In Refugee Cases, Michael Kagan

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Chevron deference is at the height of its powers in refugee and asylum cases, with the highest possible human consequences. Why does the Supreme Court seem so comfortable with Chevron deference in asylum cases when it has been reluctant to defer to the government in other kinds of deportation cases? More to the point, is this deference justified? There are cogent arguments justifying more deference in asylum cases than in other kinds of deportation cases. These arguments rest to a great extent on the premise that greater political accountability is a good thing when interpreting a statute. Yet in a …