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Open Window: Matter Of Lovo's Implications For Transsexuals And Immigrant Communities , Grisella Martinez Jan 2006

Open Window: Matter Of Lovo's Implications For Transsexuals And Immigrant Communities , Grisella Martinez

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Greasers And Gringos: Latinos, Law, And The American Imagination By Steven W. Bender, Chelsy A. Castro Jan 2006

Greasers And Gringos: Latinos, Law, And The American Imagination By Steven W. Bender, Chelsy A. Castro

The Modern American

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The Day Laborer Debate: Small-Town, U.S.A. Takes On Federal Immigration Law Regarding Undocumented Workers, Margaret Hobbins Jan 2006

The Day Laborer Debate: Small-Town, U.S.A. Takes On Federal Immigration Law Regarding Undocumented Workers, Margaret Hobbins

The Modern American

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The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, And Sovereign Power, Juliet Stumpf Jan 2006

The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, And Sovereign Power, Juliet Stumpf

American University Law Review

This article provides a fresh theoretical perspective on the most important development in immigration law today: the convergence of immigration and criminal law. It proposes a unifying theory - membership theory - for why these two areas of law recently have become so connected, and why that convergence is troubling. Membership theory restricts individual rights and privileges to those who are members of a social contract between the government and the people.

Membership theory provides decisionmakers with justification for excluding individuals from society, using immigration and criminal law as the means of exclusion. It operates in the intersection between criminal …


Beyond A Snapshot: Preventing Human Trafficking In The Global Economy, Janie Chuang Jan 2006

Beyond A Snapshot: Preventing Human Trafficking In The Global Economy, Janie Chuang

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Current legal responses to the problem of human trafficking often reflect a deep reluctance to address the socio-economic root causes of the problem. Because they approach trafficking as an act (or series of acts) of violence, most responses focus predominantly on prosecuting traffickers, and to a lesser extent, protecting trafficked persons. While such approaches might account for the consequences of trafficking, they tend to overlook the broader socioeconomic reality that drives trafficking in human beings. Against this backdrop, this article seeks to reframe trafficking as a migratory response to current globalizing socioeconomic trends. It argues that, to be effective, counter-trafficking …


Mistakes In The Making: The Failure Of U.S. Immigration Reform To Protect The Labor Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Lilah S. Rosenblum Jan 2006

Mistakes In The Making: The Failure Of U.S. Immigration Reform To Protect The Labor Rights Of Undocumented Workers, Lilah S. Rosenblum

Human Rights Brief

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