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When Immigration Borders Move, Huyen T. Pham
When Immigration Borders Move, Huyen T. Pham
Huyen T. Pham
With recent immigration enforcement efforts, we have created a completely new paradigm of moving borders: laws enacted at all levels of government that require proof of legal immigration status in order to obtain a driver’s license, a job, rental housing, government need-based assistance, and numerous other essential benefits. Unlike the fixed physical border, these laws require proof of immigration status at multiple, moving points in the country’s interior and are triggered through everyday transactions. A person who is unable to prove legal status is denied the restricted benefit; if a person is denied access to multiple essential benefits, then she …
The Privatization Of Immigration Law Enforcement, Huyen T. Pham
The Privatization Of Immigration Law Enforcement, Huyen T. Pham
Huyen T. Pham
In the immigration policy debate, the question of who enforces our immigration laws can be as significant as what those policies are. And on that question, a significant and startling trend in immigration law has emerged: the shifting of enforcement responsibilities once held exclusively by government officers to private parties such as employers, landlords, and public carriers. These laws obligate private parties to ensure that they provide their goods and services only to those with legal immigration status; private parties who fail to do so face civil and criminal penalties. This article maps the expansion of private enforcement laws and …