| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| J. Allen Douglas |
The "Priceless Possession" of Citizenship: Race, Nation and Naturalization in American Law, 1880-1930 |
43 Duquesne Law Review 369 (Spring 2005) |
The area of immigration policy is particularly important to the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium because of the large percentage of recent immigrants in the Asian Pacific American community and the long history of racially discriminatory treatment of Asians and Pacific Islanders by our country's immigration laws. The Consortium... |
1996 |
| James Duff Lyall |
Vigilante State: Reframing the Minuteman Project in American Politics and Culture |
23 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 257 (Winter, 2009) |
We are the only country in which an Okinawan vendor serves Kosher pastrami and stir-fried vegetables wrapped in a tortilla to young white punk rockers at 3:00 a.m. in the morning. 1890: [P]ersons of the Mongolian race are not entitled to be admitted as citizens of the United States. In re Hong Yen Chang 1993: [P]utting America first mean[s]... |
1996 |
| Lucas Guttentag |
Immigration Preemption and the Limits of State Power: Reflections on Arizona V. United States |
9 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 1 (January, 2013) |
In February 1879, the Senate of the United States debated H.R. 2423, [a]n act to restrict the immigration of Chinese to the United States. Resentful and fearful whites in Western states, especially California, demanded reduction in the number of Chinese arrivals. The Senate debate did not focus solely on the desirability of Chinese immigration.... |
1995 |
| Katherine Tonnas |
Out of a Far Country: the Sojourns of Cubans, Vietnamese, Haitians, and Chinese to America |
20 Southern University Law Review 295 (Fall, 1993) |
INTRODUCTION. 228 I. THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION LEGISLATION. 228 A. Selective Admissions. 229 B. National Origin Quotas (1921-1965). 232 C. The Elimination of the Quota System and Illegalization of the Mexican Worker (1952, 1965-1976). 233 D. The Immigration Act of 1965. 233 E. Immigration Legislation (1970-76). 235... |
1995 |
| Mae M. Ngai |
Birthright Citizenship and the Alien Citizen |
75 Fordham Law Review 2521 (April, 2007) |
C1-3Table of Contents I. Overview of Immigration Detention. 1095 A. Statutory Framework. 1095 B. The Expanded INS Detention Mission. 1099 C. Mission Impossible: Actual Detention Operations. 1106 II. Conditions of Confinement at Immigration Detention Facilities. 1111 A. Overview of Conditions at INS Detention Facilities. 1113 B. Detention Conditions... |
1995 |
| Kevin R. Johnson |
BRINGING RACIAL JUSTICE TO IMMIGRATION LAW |
116 Northwestern University Law Review Online 1 (May 13, 2021) |
C1-3Table of Contents I. The Development of Alien and Immigration Laws in the United States. 950 A. Give Me Your Tired and Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free. 950 B. Closing the Golden Door. 952 C. Taking Aim at Federalism. 956 II. The Dormant Immigration Clause. 958 A. Plenary Federal Power. 958 B. Preserving a Role for the... |
1995 |
| George A. MartÃnez |
Immigration and the Meaning of United States Citizenship: Whiteness and Assimilation |
46 Washburn Law Journal 335 (Winter 2007) |
In 1791, Alexander Hamilton cautioned Congress that for the United States to become a true power in manufacturing, it would have to encourage immigration to prevent a scarcity in the labor pool. Through advertisement and active recruitment of workers, government officials encouraged immigration into the United States in the nineteenth and the early... |
1995 |
| Kevin R. Johnson |
Immigration, Civil Rights, and Coalitions for Social Justice |
1 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 181 (Fall, 2003) |
In mid-1993, a group of concerned California residents were fed up. They were tired of the illegal aliens whom they blamed for sapping the state's resources. These aliens were everywhere: crowding their children out of public schools, crowding welfare offices, and crowding the emergency rooms of hospitals. To attack these problems, these angry... |
1995 |
| Rebekah Ross |
LET INDIANS DECIDE: HOW RESTRICTING BORDER PASSAGE BY BLOOD QUANTUM INFRINGES ON TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY |
96 Washington Law Review 311 (March, 2021) |
In this time of great national concern over the control of American borders and the legal and social status of immigrants, the traditional Civil Rights Movement is at a crucial stage. In this Article, the author finds that the Civil Rights Movement, which operates in a primarily Black v. white paradigm, is ill-equipped to deal with an... |
1995 |
| Kevin R. Johnson |
Los Olvidados: Images of the Immigrant, Political Power of Noncitizens, and Immigration Law and Enforcement |
1993 Brigham Young University Law Review 1139 (1993) |
Introduction 1425 I. Alienage Discrimination and Permanent Residents 1426 A. The Claim of Freedom to Discriminate 1427 B. The Objection to Complexity 1430 1. The Objection Is Factually Mistaken 1431 2. The Objection Is Theoretically Misguided 1434 3. The Need for Judicial Protection Against State Alienage Discrimination 1436 II. Aliens as Outlaws... |
1995 |