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"Deport All The Students": Lessons Learned In An X-Treme Clinic, Stacy Caplow Oct 2006

"Deport All The Students": Lessons Learned In An X-Treme Clinic, Stacy Caplow

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No More Deaths: On Conscience, Civil Disobedience, And A New Role For Truth Commissions, Marie Failinger Jan 2006

No More Deaths: On Conscience, Civil Disobedience, And A New Role For Truth Commissions, Marie Failinger

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This article uses as its focal point the emerging civil disobedience movement in southwestern United States, aimed at providing humanitarian assistance to undocumented workers crossing the U.S. border, and the government's prosecution response to that movement. It argues that the courts that have considered such civil disobedience in previous cases, such as the 1980s Sanctuary movement, have a limited understanding of the right of conscience, and utilizes the insights of Reformation theology on the nature of the conscience to argue that it is necessary for the United States to respect the public role of conscience of civil disobedients in mass …


Immigration Panel, Richard A. Boswell, Catherine Tactaquin, Mark Silverman, Joren Lyons, Bill Ong Hing Jan 2006

Immigration Panel, Richard A. Boswell, Catherine Tactaquin, Mark Silverman, Joren Lyons, Bill Ong Hing

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Transnational Labor Citizenship, Jennifer Gordon Jan 2006

Transnational Labor Citizenship, Jennifer Gordon

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Over one million new immigrants arrive in the United States each year. This spring, Americans saw several times that number pour into the streets, protesting proposed changes in U.S. immigration and guest work policies. As the signs they carried indicated, most migrants come to work, and it is in the workplace that the impact of large numbers of newcomers is most keenly felt. For those who see both the free movement of people and the preservation of decent working conditions as essential to social justice, this presents a seemingly unresolvable dilemma. In a situation of massive inequality among countries, to …


Immigration Status And The Best Interests Of The Child Standard, Kerry Abrams Jan 2006

Immigration Status And The Best Interests Of The Child Standard, Kerry Abrams

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Are They Human Children Or Just Border Rats?, Susan M. Akram Jan 2006

Are They Human Children Or Just Border Rats?, Susan M. Akram

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