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Immigration Enforcement and the Fugitive Slave Acts
(Catholic University Law Review, 2012)
Two seemingly different federal enforcement systems that affect the movement of unskilled workers — the 1793 and 1850 Fugitive Slave Acts and current state immigration enforcement policies — have remarkable similarities. ...
Anatomy of an Uprising
(Boston University International Law Journal, 2014)
During the Arab Spring, Moroccan men and women first took to the streets on February 20, 2011 to demand governmental reforms. Their movement became known as the Mouvement du 20-Février. In a series of protests, Moroccans ...
Raising the Bar
(Arizona State Law Journal, 2012)
This paper explores the adoption of best practices for the admission and graduation of undocumented students as lawyers and promoting their integration into the legal profession. Law schools are already both knowingly and ...
Sustaining Tiered Personhood
(Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice, 2010)
Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal ...
Refugee Reception and Perception
(Fordham International Law Journal, 2017)
The reception of refugees and asylum seekers has emerged as one of the most critical contemporary global issues. In 2015, the world experienced the most forced migrants since World War II. This essay compares the treatment ...
The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids
(Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, 2010)
The voices of the most vulnerable populations often point towards social constructs in dire need of systemic change. The treatment of immigrant women in workplace raids exemplifies this concept. Over the last couple of ...
Federal Preemption and Immigrants' Rights
(Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, 2013)
Recently, immigration scholars have focused on the relationship between federal, state, and local governments in regulating immigration to the exclusion of civil rights issues. States and localities assert that they should ...
Unforgiving of Those Who Trespass against U.S.
(Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, 2011)
Since around 2005, states and localities have been using criminal trespass laws to target undocumented immigrants for unlawful presence. Specifically, in April 2010, Arizona passed SB 1070: Support Our Law Enforcement and ...
Clinical Legal Education at a Generational Crossroads
(Clinical Law Review, 2010)
Clinical legal education is at a crossroads. With studies like the Macrate Report, Carnegie Foundation Report “Educating Lawyers,” and Best Practices for Legal Education there is greater focus on experiential learning. ...