Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas
This book explores the contested notion of compassionate migration in its discourse and practice. In the context of today's migration patterns within the Americas, compassionate migration can play a fundamental role in responding to the hardships that man
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Steven W. Bender • William F. Arrocha Editors
Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas
Editors Steven W. Bender School of Law Seattle University Seattle, Washington, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-55073-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55074-3
William F. Arrocha Graduate School of International Policy Management (GSIPM) Middlebury College Monterey, California, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-55074-3 (eBook)
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction Steven W. Bender and William F. Arrocha Overview of Volume Contents Notes References 2 So Far From Compassion: The U.S.-Centric and Exclusionary Framework of Current and Past Immigration Policy Steven W. Bender Notes 3 The Power of Exclusion: Congress, Courts, and the Plenary Power Victor C. Romero Introduction: A Stranger in a Strange Land The Federal Political Branches: A Long Immigration History of Excluding the Other A Court Complicit: The Supreme Court Creates and Affirms Political Plenary Power A Compassionate Court?: The (Occasional) Antidote to Plenary Exclusion Conclusion: It Takes a Village
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Notes References 4 The Subnational Response: Local Intervention in Immigration Policy and Enforcement Karla McKanders Introduction The Proliferation of State and Local Laws Mig
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