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Protecting Court Borders: Fencing Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb Out Of Illinois Civil Courts, Patrick D. Kenneally
Protecting Court Borders: Fencing Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb Out Of Illinois Civil Courts, Patrick D. Kenneally
Northern Illinois University Law Review
An increasing number of jurisdictions have seized upon the reasoning in the United States Supreme Court's decision Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB to deny undocumented immigrant plaintiffs recovery for lost future earnings at their projected earnings while living in the United States. However, a correct reading of Hoffman and understanding of its precedent reveals a narrow ruling confined to the field of federal labor law incapable of influencing the availability and distribution of damages in personal injury actions in Illinois state courts. Illinois common law currently grants undocumented plaintiffs the right to recover damages for amounts they would have …
Bearing Witness To Economic Injustices Of Undocumented Immigrant Families: A New Class Of 'Undeserving' Working Poor, Francine J. Lipman
Bearing Witness To Economic Injustices Of Undocumented Immigrant Families: A New Class Of 'Undeserving' Working Poor, Francine J. Lipman
Francine J. Lipman
Undocumented immigrants have little or no recourse for economic injustices they suffer through the U.S. tax system. Despite America's historically strong opposition to taxation without representation, undocumented immigrants have not enjoyed the right to vote on any local, state or federal tax for almost eighty years, except in rare and unusual cases. Furthermore, because of their precarious immigration and economic status undocumented immigrants are vulnerable to deportation and exploitation and are chilled from protesting any injustice. As a result they suffer economic injustices daily, which translate into lower prices for countless goods and services that are an everyday part of …
All In A Day's Work: Advocating The Employment Rights Of Day Laborers , Liza Zamd
All In A Day's Work: Advocating The Employment Rights Of Day Laborers , Liza Zamd
The Modern American
No abstract provided.
A Call To Move Forward: Pushing Past The Unworkable Standard That Governs Undocumented Immigrants' Access To Health Care Under Medicaid, Michael J. Mckeefery
A Call To Move Forward: Pushing Past The Unworkable Standard That Governs Undocumented Immigrants' Access To Health Care Under Medicaid, Michael J. Mckeefery
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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