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Rights Without A Remedy: Detained Immigrants And Unlawful Conditions Of Confinement, Brandon Galli-Graves Jan 2023

Rights Without A Remedy: Detained Immigrants And Unlawful Conditions Of Confinement, Brandon Galli-Graves

BYU Law Review

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Human Dignity Has No Borders: Respecting The Rights Of “People On The Move” And The Rights And Religious Freedom Of Those Who Aid Them, Christine M. Venter Jun 2021

Human Dignity Has No Borders: Respecting The Rights Of “People On The Move” And The Rights And Religious Freedom Of Those Who Aid Them, Christine M. Venter

BYU Law Review

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Immigration Law's Looming Rfra Problem Can Be Solved By Rfra, Stephanie Acosta Inks Sep 2019

Immigration Law's Looming Rfra Problem Can Be Solved By Rfra, Stephanie Acosta Inks

BYU Law Review

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Transparent Review Of Agency Immigration Decisions, Kyler Mccarty Nov 2016

Transparent Review Of Agency Immigration Decisions, Kyler Mccarty

BYU Law Review

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Requiring A Nexus To National Security: Immigration, “Terrorist Activities,” And Statutory Reform, Jared Hatch Apr 2014

Requiring A Nexus To National Security: Immigration, “Terrorist Activities,” And Statutory Reform, Jared Hatch

BYU Law Review

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War Of The Words: Aliens, Immigrants, Citizens, And The Language Of Exclusion, D. Carolina Nunez Feb 2014

War Of The Words: Aliens, Immigrants, Citizens, And The Language Of Exclusion, D. Carolina Nunez

BYU Law Review

Words communicate more than their ordinary dictionary meaning. Words tell us about individuals' and communities' conscious and subconscious perceptions. The words we use are evidence of how we think, which, in turn, ultimately determines what we do. In this paper, I examine and compare the usage of the words "immigrant," "alien," and "citizen" to make observations on the nature of membership and belonging in the United States. While it is perhaps intuitive that these words carry very different connotations, here I use corpus linguistics to explore those connotations. I rely on the Corpus of Contemporary American English, a database of …


Creating Crimmigration, César Cuahtémoc García Hernández Feb 2014

Creating Crimmigration, César Cuahtémoc García Hernández

BYU Law Review

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Members Only: Undocumented Students & In-State Tuition, Angela M. Banks Feb 2014

Members Only: Undocumented Students & In-State Tuition, Angela M. Banks

BYU Law Review

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Mercy In Immigration Law, Allison Brownell Tirres Feb 2014

Mercy In Immigration Law, Allison Brownell Tirres

BYU Law Review

What role should mercy play in immigration law? This Article draws on the robust debate in the criminal law about the role of mercy in the hopes of starting a conversation among immigration law scholars and practitioners. Mercy skeptics argue that mercy contravenes justice, while advocates argue that mercy is a necessary countermeasure to the unrelenting harshness of criminal law today. I argue that the problems of mercy in the criminal law are amplified in the immigration law context. The lack of procedural and substantive protections for immigrants, the acceptance of unfettered discretion and lack of oversight of agency action, …


Multiculturalism And Feminism For Hispanic Immigrant Women Accused Of Drug Crimes, Kathryn Duque Lenhart Feb 2014

Multiculturalism And Feminism For Hispanic Immigrant Women Accused Of Drug Crimes, Kathryn Duque Lenhart

BYU Law Review

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Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Why Immigrant Reunification Decisions Should Be Based On The Best Interest Of The Child, Marcia Zug May 2011

Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Why Immigrant Reunification Decisions Should Be Based On The Best Interest Of The Child, Marcia Zug

BYU Law Review

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Nonimmigrants, Equal Protection, And The Supremacy Clause, Justin Hess Dec 2010

Nonimmigrants, Equal Protection, And The Supremacy Clause, Justin Hess

BYU Law Review

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Lopez-Rodriguez V. Mukasey: The Ninth Circuit’S Expansion Of The Exclusionary Rule In Immigration Hearings Contradicts The Supreme Court’S Lopezmendoza Decision, Eric W. Clarke Mar 2010

Lopez-Rodriguez V. Mukasey: The Ninth Circuit’S Expansion Of The Exclusionary Rule In Immigration Hearings Contradicts The Supreme Court’S Lopezmendoza Decision, Eric W. Clarke

BYU Law Review

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Chevron’S Ambiguity Hurdle: Delgado V. Holder And The Proper Interpretation Of The Particularly Serious Crime Exception To Deportation Relief, William M. Hains Mar 2010

Chevron’S Ambiguity Hurdle: Delgado V. Holder And The Proper Interpretation Of The Particularly Serious Crime Exception To Deportation Relief, William M. Hains

BYU Law Review

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When We Cannot Deport, Is It Fair To Detain?: An Analysis Of The Rights Of Deportable Aliens Under 8 U.S.C 1231(A)(6) And The 1999 Ins Interim Procedures Governing Detention, Daniel R. Dinger Nov 2000

When We Cannot Deport, Is It Fair To Detain?: An Analysis Of The Rights Of Deportable Aliens Under 8 U.S.C 1231(A)(6) And The 1999 Ins Interim Procedures Governing Detention, Daniel R. Dinger

BYU Law Review

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Seeing Through A Glass, Darkly: The Social Context Of "Particular Social Groups" In Lwin V. Ins, John Hans Thomas May 1999

Seeing Through A Glass, Darkly: The Social Context Of "Particular Social Groups" In Lwin V. Ins, John Hans Thomas

BYU Law Review

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The Practical Power Of State And Local Governments To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws, Jay T. Jorgensen Nov 1997

The Practical Power Of State And Local Governments To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws, Jay T. Jorgensen

BYU Law Review

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Nkacoang U. Ins: A Complementary Theory For Denying Reinstatement Of Voluntary Departure, Richard Cameron Blake Mar 1997

Nkacoang U. Ins: A Complementary Theory For Denying Reinstatement Of Voluntary Departure, Richard Cameron Blake

BYU Law Review

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Are You My Mother? The Scientific And Legal Validity Of Conventional Blood Testing And Dna Fingerprinting To Establish Proof Of Parentage In Immigration Cases, Alan R. Davis Mar 1994

Are You My Mother? The Scientific And Legal Validity Of Conventional Blood Testing And Dna Fingerprinting To Establish Proof Of Parentage In Immigration Cases, Alan R. Davis

BYU Law Review

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Los Olvidados: Images Of The Immigrant, Political Power Of Noncitizens, And Immigration Law And Enforcement, Kevin R. Johnson Nov 1993

Los Olvidados: Images Of The Immigrant, Political Power Of Noncitizens, And Immigration Law And Enforcement, Kevin R. Johnson

BYU Law Review

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Three Years After Matter Of Mogharrabi: Is A "Reasonable Person" Test The Answer To The Confusing "Well-Founded Fear Of Persecution" Standard In Asylum Cases?, Michael E. Mangelson Sep 1990

Three Years After Matter Of Mogharrabi: Is A "Reasonable Person" Test The Answer To The Confusing "Well-Founded Fear Of Persecution" Standard In Asylum Cases?, Michael E. Mangelson

BYU Law Review

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The Status Of Section 5 Of The Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Of 1986 Since Smith V. Ins: No Relief From The Courts But A Hope For Amendment, Michael Evans Sep 1989

The Status Of Section 5 Of The Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Of 1986 Since Smith V. Ins: No Relief From The Courts But A Hope For Amendment, Michael Evans

BYU Law Review

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Immigration Restraints On International Adoption, Paul Davis Rytting Sep 1986

Immigration Restraints On International Adoption, Paul Davis Rytting

BYU Law Review

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Constitutional Law-Fourth Amendment-Immigration Checkpoint Stops For Questioning Are Reasonable Without Individualized Suspicion-United States V. Martinez-Fuerte, Russell A. Hakes May 1977

Constitutional Law-Fourth Amendment-Immigration Checkpoint Stops For Questioning Are Reasonable Without Individualized Suspicion-United States V. Martinez-Fuerte, Russell A. Hakes

BYU Law Review

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