Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Laws (Critical America, 80)

Seeking to re-imagine the meaning and significance of the international border, Opening the Floodgates makes a case for eliminating the border as a legal construct that impedes the movement of people into this country. Open migration policies deserve fuller analysis, as evidenced by President Barack Obama’s pledge to make immigration reform a priority. Kevin R. Johnson offers an alternative vision of how U.S. borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. Importantly, liberalizing migration through an open borders policy would recognize that the enforcement of closed borders cannot stifle the strong, perhaps irresistible, economic, social, and political pressures that fuel international migration. Controversially, Johnson suggests that open borders are entirely consistent with efforts to prevent terrorism that have dominated immigration enforcement since the events of September 11, 2001. More liberal migration, he suggests, would allow for full attention to be paid to the true dangers to public safety and national security.

Politics & Social Sciences

Johnson, Kevin R.

Social Sciences

NYU Press

Seeking to re-imagine the meaning and significance of the international border, Opening the Floodgates makes a case for eliminating the border as a legal construct that impedes the movement of people into this country. Open migration policies deserve fuller analysis, as evidenced by President Barack Obama's pledge to make immigration reform a priority. Kevin R. Johnson offers an alternative vision of how U.S. borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. Importantly, liberalizing migration through an open borders policy would recognize that the enforcement of closed borders cannot stifle the strong, perhaps irresistible, economic, social, and political pressures that fuel international migration. Controversially, Johnson suggests that open borders are entirely consistent with efforts to prevent terrorism that have dominated immigration enforcement since the events of September 11, 2001. More liberal migration, he suggests, would allow for full attention to be paid to the true dangers to public safety and national security.

Americans from radically different political persuasions agree on the need to “fix” the “broken” US immigration laws to address serious deficiencies and improve border enforcement. In Immigration Law and the US–Mexico Border, Kevin Johnson and Bernard Trujillo focus on what for many is at the core of the entire immigration debate in modern America: immigration from Mexico. In clear, reasonable prose, Johnson and Trujillo explore the long history of discrimination against US citizens of Mexican ancestry in the United States and the current movement against “illegal aliens”—persons depicted as not deserving fair treatment by US law. The authors argue that the United States has a special relationship with Mexico by virtue of sharing a 2,000-mile border and a “land-grab of epic proportions” when the United States “acquired” nearly two-thirds of Mexican territory between 1836 and 1853. The authors explain US immigration law and policy in its many aspects—including the migration of labor, the place of state and local regulation over immigration, and the contributions of Mexican immigrants to the US economy. Their objective is to help thinking citizens on both sides of the border to sort through an issue with a long, emotional history that will undoubtedly continue to inflame politics until cooler, and better-informed, heads can prevail. The authors conclude by outlining possibilities for the future, sketching a possible movement to promote social justice. Great for use by students of immigration law, border studies, and Latino studies, this book will also be of interest to anyone wondering about the general state of immigration law as it pertains to our most troublesome border.

Immigration Law and the U.S.–Mexico Border: ¿Sí se puede? (The Mexican American Experience)

Trujillo, Bernard

University of Arizona Press

This first edition casebook approaches immigration law and policy from a public interest perspective with a special emphasis on issues of social justice. Along with cases and statutory material, Immigration Law and Social Justice also employs a wide variety of materials from appellate cases, client examples, article excerpts, and hypotheticals. These materials not only provide the basic framework for immigration law, but also engage students with the greater social, political, and economic context necessary to understand the movement of immigrants to the United States, as well as the human impact of enforcement and administration of the immigration laws. Key Features: <ul>
<li>Background on the social context of immigration law and its enforcement while engaged in a sophisticated examination of the technicalities of the relevant statutory and administrative law.</li> <li>Learning the relevant law with an eye toward potential advocacy, including litigation strategies.</li> <li>Allowing students to critically evaluate the mutually constitutive work of race and immigration law.</li> <li>Having contextual background to understand immigration and immigration enforcement.</li> <li>A unique focus on immigration and social justice, as well as public interest immigration lawyering.</li> </ul>

Immigration Law and Social Justice (Aspen Casebook)

Hing, Bill Ong

Chacon, Jennifer M.

Legal Education

Aspen Opco Llc

Intended for use with the authors’ casebook, Immigration Law and Social Justice (2018), Immigration Law and Social Justice, 2020 Case and Statutory Supplement covers new federal cases, enforcement policies, and administrative decisions since the book’s publication. The 2020 Case and Statutory Supplement features: Supreme Court cases: <ul>
<li>Trump v. Hawaii (2018)—The third iteration of the President’s travel ban was deemed constitutional in that it included more than just Muslim-majority countries and there was consultation throughout the relevant administrative agencies.</li> <li>Sessions v. Dimaya (2018)—The term “crime of violence” is impermissibly vague with relation to the aggravated felony ground of deportability.</li> <li>Pereira v. Sessions (2018)—A defective Notice to Appear does not stop the clock in accumulating physical presence for purpose of cancellation of removal as a non-lawful permanent resident.</li> </ul>
Federal court decisions: <ul>
<li>Barbosa v. Barr (2019)—A conviction of robbery in the third degree under a particularOregon statute is not categorically a crime involving moral turpitude.</li> <li>Ms. L, et al., v. ICE (2018)—The separation of migrant children from their parents at theborder violates due process and is not in the public interest.</li> <li>County of Santa Clara v. Trump (2017)—The President’s executive order to withhold certain federal funds for so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” violates the Tenth and Fifth Amendment rights of the cities and counties involved.</li> </ul>
Additional Updates regarding administrative decisions and actions made between 2017 and 2019.

Immigration Law and Social Justice: 2020 Case and Statutory Supplement (Supplements)

Aspen Publishing

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Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Laws (Critical America, 80)

Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink its Borders and Immigration Laws (Critical America, 80)

Immigration Law and the U.S.–Mexico Border: ¿Sí se puede? (The Mexican American Experience)

Immigration Law and Social Justice (Aspen Casebook)

Immigration Law and Social Justice: 2020 Case and Statutory Supplement (Supplements)