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Padilla V. Kentucky: Sound And Fury, Or Transformative Impact, Steven Zeidman
Padilla V. Kentucky: Sound And Fury, Or Transformative Impact, Steven Zeidman
Fordham Urban Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Realizing Padilla’S Promise: Ensuring Noncitizen Defendants Are Advised Of The Immigration Consequences Of A Criminal Conviction, Yolanda Vàzquez
Realizing Padilla’S Promise: Ensuring Noncitizen Defendants Are Advised Of The Immigration Consequences Of A Criminal Conviction, Yolanda Vàzquez
Fordham Urban Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Conference Report: Padilla And The Future Of The Defense Function, Joel M. Schumm
Conference Report: Padilla And The Future Of The Defense Function, Joel M. Schumm
Fordham Urban Law Journal
No abstract provided.
You Are The Last Lawyer They Will Ever See Before Exile: Padilla V. Kentucky And One Indigent Defender Office's Account Of Creating A Systematic Approach To Providing Immigration Advice In Times Of Tight Budgets And High Caseloads, Carlos J. Martinez, George C. Palaidis, Sarah Wood Borak
You Are The Last Lawyer They Will Ever See Before Exile: Padilla V. Kentucky And One Indigent Defender Office's Account Of Creating A Systematic Approach To Providing Immigration Advice In Times Of Tight Budgets And High Caseloads, Carlos J. Martinez, George C. Palaidis, Sarah Wood Borak
Fordham Urban Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Professor Romero’S Insight On The Decriminalization Of Border Crossings, Won Kidane
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.
"Sanctuary Cities" And Local Citizenship, Rose Cuison Villazor
"Sanctuary Cities" And Local Citizenship, Rose Cuison Villazor
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article explores the ways in which sanctuary laws illustrate the tensions between national and local citizenship, and specifically examines the ways in which "sanctuary cities" have constructed membership for undocumented immigrants located within their jurisdictions.
"Soft Immutability" And "Imputed Gay Identity": Recent Developments In Transgender And Sexual-Orientation-Based Asylum Law, Joseph Landau
"Soft Immutability" And "Imputed Gay Identity": Recent Developments In Transgender And Sexual-Orientation-Based Asylum Law, Joseph Landau
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article surveys the law of LGBT asylum as it has developed over the past fifteen years, first, with the landmark case of Matter of Toboso-Alfonso, which recognized homosexuality as a "particular social group"; second, with the Ninth Circuit's recent cases adopting a soft immutability standard of identity and expanding asylum protection to transgender individuals; and third, with a discussion of the "particular social group" analysis as it applies to transgender asylum seekers and the emergence of the "imputed gay identity" category as an alternative basis for relief for those litigants who do not identify as gay or lesbian but …
Uncharted Territory: Choosing An Effective Approach In Transgender-Based Asylum Claims, Victoria Neilson
Uncharted Territory: Choosing An Effective Approach In Transgender-Based Asylum Claims, Victoria Neilson
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article focuses on individuals who believe that they are born with the wrong anatomical sex and who suffer persecution as a result of their transgender identity. The Article discusses existing precedent in the context of transgender asylum seekers and suggests possible theories for framing successful transgender asylum claims.
Day Laborers, Friend Or Foe: A Survey Of Community Responses, Mauricio A. Espana
Day Laborers, Friend Or Foe: A Survey Of Community Responses, Mauricio A. Espana
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This comment discusses the various ways that communities that benefit from day laborers respond to the presence of the "underground" employment phenomenon. Part I provides some background into the day laborers' situation, livelihood, and legal rights. Part II discusses the competing issues faced by day laborers, as well as the issues the laborers present to community residents, employers, and the United States Government. Finally, Part III discusses the different solutions that communities confronted with day laborers have proposed and implemented, and concludes that it is in the best interests of all parties involved that communities accept day labors and accommodate …
"One Manner Of Law": The Supreme Court, Stare Decisis And The Immigration Law Plenary Power Doctrine, Anne E. Pettit
"One Manner Of Law": The Supreme Court, Stare Decisis And The Immigration Law Plenary Power Doctrine, Anne E. Pettit
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This note examines the extreme deference the Court gives to Congress in the realm of immigration legislation. The author argues that, in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the Supreme Court's analysis of stare decisis, precedent and the rule of law provides a strikingly effective paradigm through which to view the history of Supreme Court immigration rulings. Viewed through the Court's own analysis of its power to make and revise precedent decisions, the immigration plenary power doctrine's jurisprudential shortcomings become more evident and the arguments to overturn the doctrine become more powerful. This Note concludes that no principled constitutional …
Immigration Law- Exclusionary Rule- If The Exclusionary Rule Question Is Reached, The Civil Nature Of A Deportation Proceeding May Preclude Its Application, Diane M. Peress
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Case Note addresses questions concerning the exclusionary rule in deportation proceedings. Examining the Ninth Circuit's analysis in Cuevas- Ortega v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, this case note admits that though the exclusionary rule is a judicially created remedy it may still be required in deportation proceedings.