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A Gate Forever Closed? Retiring Immigration Law’S Post-Departure Bar, Jonathan H. Ross

Fordham Law Review

Immigration law’s “post-departure bar” destroys the jurisdiction of either an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals to hear a motion to reopen or reconsider filed by an alien who is no longer physically within the country. This Note examines the current conflict between the federal circuits regarding the post-departure bar and why the circuits that have decided to strike down the bar in the cases before them have ruled in line with certain trends present in recent Supreme Court immigration cases.

Conflict between the circuits has arisen because the governing statute, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility …

Tensions In Rhetoric And Reality At The Intersection Of Work And Immigration, Jennifer Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

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Reflections On Professor Romero’S Insight On The Decriminalization Of Border Crossings, Won Kidane

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Professor Romero proposes that unauthorized border crossings must be decriminalized. He advances several notable reasons why such a measure is warranted. Kidane offers his own reflections in the following three parts. Part I puts the doctrinal dilemma between criminalization and decriminalization in perspective. Part II evaluates Professor Romero’s argument in favor of decriminalization. And the Conclusion offers final thoughts.