Written immigration enforcement priorities might promote transparency but still might not address inequities. The modern civil rights movement has brought greater attention to the question of racial justice and the criminal justice system. Although the role of race in immigration law has received less political and public attention, legal scholars […]
Crimmigration
The Legal Snarls Between Criminal & Immigration Law: Tackling Crimmigration in the 21st Century
Many aspects of the immigration enforcement system were modeled after the criminal justice system and created in response to perceived threats raised by immigrants arriving in the U.S. While immigration enforcement has historically focused on locking certain groups out of the country, in recent decades, attention has turned to punishing […]