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Any Place For Ethnicity? The Liberal State And Immigration, David Abraham

ExpressO

When it comes to immigration, almost all liberal states are faced with the contradiction between their universalist principles and the real affinities they feel for ethnic kinsmen. This review essay (4000 words) addresses the different ways a number of liberal democracies have handled this dilemma.

Terrorism And Asylum Seekers: Why The Real Id Act Is A False Promise, Marisa S. Cianciarulo

Working Paper Series

The Real ID Act, passed on May 11, 2005, is the first post-September 11 antiterrorism legislation specifically to target a group of vulnerable individuals to whom the United States has historically granted protection: asylum seekers. The passage of the Real ID Act led asylum advocates to wring their hands in despair and immigration restrictionists to clap their hands in glee. This Article argues that both sides of the debate may have been justified in their reactions, but not because of the immediate chilling impact on asylum that they seem to expect. With regard to requirements for establishing asylum eligibility, the …

New International Human Rights Standards On Unauthorized Immigrant Worker Rights: Seizing An Opportunity To Pull Governments Out Of The Shadows, Beth Lyon

Working Paper Series

Governments cannot ignore international human rights standards for unauthorized migrant workers forever. This chapter presents a call for comparative work on the issue of the legal regimes affecting unauthorized immigrant workers in order to bring governments into greater awareness and compliance with their obligations to unauthorized immigrant workers.

Global illegal migration by laborers seeking economic opportunities is expanding, resulting in an increasing number of migrants in every country who are working in violation of immigration laws. Unauthorized immigrant workers are numerous enough to form a recognizable group in every major world economy, because most receiving countries have immigration laws that …

Children And Immigration: International, Local, And Social Responsibilities, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol, Justin Luna

UF Law Faculty Publications

This essay focuses on the human rights of immigrant children, regardless of the legality of their presence within U.S. borders, especially with respect to health, education, and welfare. In that context, the work explores, as the title suggests, the international, local, and social/cultural normative standards that structure the responsibilities—independently and collectively, that proverbial village—with respect to children's well-being. We develop these ideas in three parts. First, we address the foundations of the human rights idea and specifically enumerate the particular normative notions, including international treaties that govern children's lives. Next, we discuss immigration in the United States, with particular attention …

A Long Road To Residency: The Legal History Of Salvadoran & Guatemalan Immigration To The United States With A Focus On Nacara, Eli Coffino

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The note examines the legal history of Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigration to the United States, focusing on the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) of 1997. While NACARA provides relief for some Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigrants, it is criticized for its arbitrary eligibility deadlines and discretionary provisions, which treat these groups less favorably than Cubans and Nicaraguans. The note highlights the challenges in navigating U.S. immigration law and advocates for reforms to address these inequities.

The Employer Preference For The Subservient Worker And The Making Of The Brown Collar Workplace, Leticia M. Saucedo

ExpressO

The rapidly growing Latino immigrant population raises questions about how the “brown collar” worker is being incorporated into our economy. Newly arrived Latino immigrants, or “brown collar” workers, are increasingly found in segregated workplaces throughout the country. They typically perform the least desirable jobs in the most unstable conditions in our economy. This article explores the creation of these workplaces by focusing first, on the conditions that create brown collar subservience and second, on employer practices that seek workers out for their subservience. Today’s anti-discrimination law does not adequately capture the form of discrimination lurking in the interaction between brown …

Civil Liberties In Uncivil Times: The Perilous Quest To Preserve American Freedoms, Kenneth Lasson

ExpressO

The perilous quest to preserve civil liberties in uncivil times is not an easy one, but the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin should remain a beacon: “Societies that trade liberty for security end often with neither.” Part I of this article is a brief history of civil liberties in America during past conflicts. Part II describes various actions taken by the government to conduct the war on terrorism – including invasions of privacy, immigration policies, deportations, profiling, pre-trial detentions, and secret military tribunals. Part III analyzes the serious Constitutional questions raised by the government’s actions in fighting terrorism. The thesis throughout …

Implementing The Usa Patriot Act: A Case Study Of The Student And Exchange Visitor Information System (Sevis), Kam C. Wong

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Even Heroes Need To Talk: Psycho-Legal Soft Spots In The Field Of Asylum Lawyering, Tehila Sagy

ExpressO

This research identifies emotional pressure points pertaining to the asylum seeking client’s narration of her traumatic past persecution in the process of preparing the asylum claim. A typology of psycholegal soft-spots was offered, which includes the potential impact of the work done by the asylum seeking client and her lawyer on both parties. Interviews with Bay Area lawyers who represented asylum seekers were conducted in order to assess the level of asylum lawyer’s awareness to special needs dictated by the psycho-legal soft spots during asylum representation. Lawyers were asked about how they handle those issues and about training and support …

Choiceless Choices: Deportation And The Parent-Child Relationship, David B. Thronson

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Texas Rangers Resurrected: Immigration Proposals After September 11th., Alyssa Garcia Perez

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract Forthcoming.

Profiles Of Asian American Subgroups In Massachusetts: Chinese Americans In Massachusetts, Shauna Lo

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

This report presents a profile of Chinese Americans statewide as well as highlights Chinese Americans living in four communities: Boston’s Chinatown, Quincy, Malden and Newton. It draws upon U.S. Census data, secondary sources and interviews.

Toward A New Public Access Doctrine, Raleigh Hannah Levine

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bringing Human Rights Abusers To Justice In U.S. Courts: Carrying Forward The Legacy Of The Nuremberg Trials, Sandra Coliver

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Female Refugees: Re-Victimized By The Material Support To Terrorism Bar, Kara Beth Stein

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.

How Just Is The Union's Area Of Freedom, Security And Justice?:An Assessment Of The Normative Status Of International Fundamental Rights In The Union's Legal Order., Stephen Carruthers

Other resources

This thesis argues that international fundamental rights provide the most appropriate measure of justice for the Union’s area of ‘freedom, security and justice’ (AFSJ). However, it is argued that the normative status of international fundamental rights in Union law is undermined by the pursuit of the objective of autonomy of Union law and deficiencies in the legal mechanisms for giving effect to those rights.

This research analyses the sources and normative status of international fundamental rights in Union law, and in particular the AFSJ, both as currently constituted and under the Constitution, and assesses the robustness and effectiveness of the …

Civil Rights, Latinos, And Immigration : Cybercascades And Other Distortions In The Immigration Reform Debate, Enid Trucios-Haynes

Brandeis School of Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Love Knows No Borders—The Same-Sex Marriage Debate And Immigration Laws, Amy K. R. Zaske

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Gender, Persecution, And The International Criminal Court: Refugee Law’S Relevance To The Crime Against Humanity Of Gender-Based Persecution, Valerie Oosterveld

Law Publications

No abstract provided.

The Diminishing Prospects For Legal Immigration: Clinton Through Bush, Donald S. Dobkin

St. Thomas Law Review

This article attempts to provide a thumbnail sketch of the major changes in immigration law and the political underpinnings attendant thereto in both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Having witnessed and felt these changes on a professional level, there remains little doubt in my own mind that the prospects for legal immigration since the mid 1990's have been diminished substantially.

Avoiding Deportation By Vacating State Court Convictions, Robert G. Amsel

St. Thomas Law Review

It was tax season and Jim was working overtime again. As an accountant for the last eighteen years, Jim was used to this sort of thing this time of year. As he got into his car, after putting in a thirteen hour day, all Jim could think of was getting home to see his wife and three young children and climbing into bed for some much needed sleep. Unfortunately, Jim never made it home. In fact, he would never experience another day of freedom in this country.

Maria Isabel Casablanca & Gloria Roa Bodin's Immigration Law For Paralegals, Elizabeth G. Adelman

Book Reviews

No abstract provided.

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

The Modern American

No abstract provided.

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

The Modern American

No abstract provided.

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

The Modern American

No abstract provided.

International Migration And Trade: A Multi-Disciplinary Synthesis, Jagdeep S. Bhandari

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

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

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & 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 …

More Than Mere Semantics: The Case For An Expansive Definition Of Persecution In Sexual Minority Asylum Claims, Monica Saxena

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article asserts that the requirement in U.S. asylum law that requires an asylee to make a showing of persecutory intent is overly and especially restrictive in claims made by sexual minorities. This Article proposes that the U.S. adopt the asylum standards of New Zealand and Canada, where the focus is on the failure of government protection as opposed to a focus on persecutory intent. Such standards are consistent with both the realities of persecution that sexual minorities encounter and the original impetus behind the Refugee Convention. Part I examines the different forms of persecution against sexual minorities. Part II …

Comments: Immigrants, Health Care, And The Constitution: Medicaid Cuts In Maryland Suggest That Legal Immigrants Do Not Deserve The Equal Protection Of The Law, Tricia A. Bozek

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.