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Full-Text Articles in Immigration Law

Construction Of Race And Class Buffers In The Structure Of Immigration Controls And Laws, The Symposium: Citizenship And Its Discontents: Centering The Immigrant In The Inter/National Imigination: Part Ii: Section Three: Rethinking Agency: Global Economic Restructuring And The Immigrant, Tanya K. Hernandez Jan 1997

Construction Of Race And Class Buffers In The Structure Of Immigration Controls And Laws, The Symposium: Citizenship And Its Discontents: Centering The Immigrant In The Inter/National Imigination: Part Ii: Section Three: Rethinking Agency: Global Economic Restructuring And The Immigrant, Tanya K. Hernandez

Faculty Scholarship

In the midst of current anti-immigration sentiment, which is motivating dramatic changes in the United States immigration laws, there exists the myth that prior immigration laws were more equitable and humanitarian. Yet historical analysis reveals that immigration law has been put to uses far from idyllic, and has always been concerned with the racial makeup of the nation. Specifically, national preoccupation with the maintenance of a "White country" is reflected in immigration law. The continued national preference for White immigrants is explicitly featured in the visa profiling codes of U.S. embassies and consulates. This Essay employs a race-conscious lens to …


"One Manner Of Law": The Supreme Court, Stare Decisis And The Immigration Law Plenary Power Doctrine, Anne E. Pettit Jan 1996

"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 …


The Right Of Undocumented Aliens Against Their Employers, Floyd G. Cottrell Jan 1982

The Right Of Undocumented Aliens Against Their Employers, Floyd G. Cottrell

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Undocumented aliens who seek to enforce their rights against their employer in state court will often face deportation. An undocumented alien is vulnerable to discriminatory treatment in the workplace, and abusive employment practices, which may often incentivize employers to hire undocumented aliens. This Note exams the legal issues surrounding the employment of undocumented aliens. In particular, the validity of state regulation is examined in light of the rights guaranteed to undocumented aliens under the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, granting due process. The author argues that state welfare benefits should not be denied to undocumented aliens, nor should …


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 Jan 1979

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.