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Evolving Contours Of Immigration Federalism: The Case Of Migrant Children, Elizabeth Keyes Aug 2015

Evolving Contours Of Immigration Federalism: The Case Of Migrant Children, Elizabeth Keyes

Elizabeth Keyes

In a unique corner of immigration law, a significant reallocation of power over immigration has been occurring with little fanfare. States play a dramatic immigration gatekeeping role in the process for providing protection to immigrant youth, like many of the Central American children who sought entry to the United States in the 2014 border “surge.” This article closely examines the history of this Special Immigrant Juvenile Status provision, enacted in 1990, which authorized a vital state role in providing access to an immigration benefit. The article traces the series of shifts in allocation of power between the federal government and …

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Aftermath: Deportation Law And The New American Diaspora, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2011

Aftermath: Deportation Law And The New American Diaspora, Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

Since the passage of harsh new deportation laws in 1996, the United States has deported millions of noncitizens--many undocumented, but many others long-term legal residents with U.S. families--back to their countries of origin. The early Obama administration continued such aggressive deportation policies. But few know that once deportees have been expelled to places like Guatemala, Cambodia, Haiti, and El Salvador, many face severe isolation, alienation, persecution and, sometimes, death. Many may never be able to return. Daniel Kanstroom--author of the authoritative history of deportation, Deportation Nation--turns his attention in Aftermath to the current U.S. system and deportation's actual effects on …

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Deportations And Repatriations, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2011

Deportations And Repatriations, Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

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A Broader View Of The U.S. Immigration Adjudication Problem, Jill Family Dec 2010

A Broader View Of The U.S. Immigration Adjudication Problem, Jill Family

Jill E. Family

Immigration adjudication is ailing. A combination of problems within the administrative system and steady efforts to narrow the role of the federal courts has resulted in a system subject to much criticism. It is not unusual to find court of appeals judges describing the administrative adjudication system as dysfunctional.

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Becoming An Immigration Lawyer, Jill Family Dec 2009

Becoming An Immigration Lawyer, Jill Family

Jill E. Family

This book is an essential resource for law students and lawyers interested in a career in administrative law. In the first half of the book, a national expert describes the field, and outlines your optimal entry strategies. The second half offers individual, personalized examples of the various career paths in administrative law, and details the demands and rewards of each. The "how-to" essays are authored by 19 of the leading law firm practitioners, government agency counsels, federal administrative law judges, non-profit group advocates and legal educators. In plain language, they open your eyes to the many rewarding careers that lie …

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Developments In The Immigration Courts, Jill Family Dec 2008

Developments In The Immigration Courts, Jill Family

Jill E. Family

This is the tenth in the annual series of volumes on Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. This book describes and analyzes current developments in administrative law and regulatory practice, both by process, (e.g. judicial review and rulemaking), and by areas (i.e. particular areas of practice).

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From The Reign Of Terror To Reigning In The Terrorists: Defining The Rights Of Noncitizens In The Nation Of Immigrants, Daniel Kanstroom Dec 2002