Posted on January 9, 2008 by eric
Cross one item off my to-do list. Today I completed a revised draft of an article I’d been lingering over, and submitted it for publication. The article, Liars & Terrorists & Judges, Oh My: Moral Panic and the Symbolic Politics of Appellate Review in Asylum Cases (for some reason, SSRN shows only the abstract), is [...]
Filed under: The Groves of Academe | Tagged: immigration, law, politics, scholarship, shameless self-promotion | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2007 by eric
One of the questions immigrants may face on the new U.S. citizenship exam asks, “What is ‘rule of law’?” Is it really fair to expect immigrants to be able to explain a concept that has utterly eluded the current President and Vice-President and the recently-departed Attorney General?
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Posted on August 23, 2007 by eric
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers last night raided the Smithfield Foods pork plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina — the second such raid that that location this year. ICE has been conducting a series of similar raids throughout the country, rounding up alleged undocumented workers. The Change to Win (CtW) labor coalition, and [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2007 by eric
According to the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), House Democratic Caucus chair Rahm Emanuel has said that House Democrats “will not attempt comprehensive immigration reform until at least the second term of a prospective Democratic president.” Writing at jspot.org, Matthew Borus appears shocked:
Representative Emanuel is a fellow Jew who attends a modern Orthodox [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2007 by eric
Graeme of Left in East Dakota has called my attention to what appears to be a grave miscarriage of justice.
Mevludin Hidanovic was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in jail for his alleged role in a brawl at a West Fargo, ND fair last summer. Hidanovic, who was at the fair with his family, has [...]
Filed under: Bleak House | Tagged: crime & punishment, immigration, law | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 28, 2007 by eric
In a special report on “Immigration: The Human Cost“, the Onion News Network addresses the plight of corporate executives losing their jobs to low-paid illegal immigrants.
(Thanks to TomPaine.com for the tip.)
Filed under: Where the Wild Things Are | Tagged: economics, employment, immigration, satire, video | No Comments »
