ImmigrationProf Blog
Covers news, commentary and issues related to immigration law.
Author: Kevin R. Johnson, associate dean for academic affairs and the Mabie-Apallas Public Interest Professor of Law and Chicana/o Studies at the University of California-Davis, School of Law, Bill O. Hing, a law professor and Asian American Studies Director of Clinical Legal Education at UC-Davis, and Jennifer Chacón, an associate law professor also at UC-Davis, edit ImmigrationProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
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Recent Posts from ImmigrationProf Blog
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Google Exec: Think Like an Immigrant
From Immigration, Inc: Born in Iran, Omid Kordestani moved to the U.S. at age 14. He fondly remembers watching the television show “The Jeffersons” and hearing the “Movin’ on Up” theme song. Kordestani believes that…
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A Nation of Immigrants Celebrates Independence Day
Here is a release from the Immigration Policy Center: As America celebrates its 233rd birthday, we are reminded of the many contributions immigrants have made to America throughout our great history. Nowhere will this be…
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Check Out Concurring Opinions!
I am guest blogging on Concurring Opinions this month. ImmigrationProf readers may be interested in a post I did today ("Racial Profiling Still Pervasive in United States: Does Anyone Care?") on the comeback of racial…
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
As previously reported on ImmigrationProf, the crown of the Statue of Liberty will reopen to tourists on July 4 after being closed since September 11, 2001. The National Park Service closed the crown because of…
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Immigration and the Obama Administration
The Saint Louis University Public Law Review announces a call for papers for its spring 2010 issue. The topic of the spring issue is the Future of Immigration Law and the New Administration. We are…
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Could Citizens Pass Civics Naturalization Test?
Here is some interesting news on the eve of Indepence Day: "A telephone survey of Arizona high school students by the conservative Goldwater Institute found that appallingly few could pass the U.S. citizenship test that…
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Happy July 4 (actually July 3) to Walter Lara!
Julia Preston of the N.Y. Times reports some good immigration news: "[i]mmigration authorities have postponed for one year the deportation of Walter Lara, an immigrant from Argentina who said he had come to the United…
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Police Chiefs Want Immigration Reform
From Standing FIRM: Yesterday, leading law enforcement officials from across the country are voicing their opinions about immigration reform. A panel discussion took place in Miami, FL that included: Chief John Timoney, of Miami; Chief…
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Immigrant of the Day: Daniel Guadron (Guatemala)
Our Immigrant of the Day, Daniel Guardron, was detained for nearly seven months as an immigrant in high school and returned to graduate with his class. As the AP story reports, "[h]e was born on…
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BoA Accused of Exploiting Immigrants
The L.A. Times reports that ex-employees of Bank of America, backed by a labor union say working-class and immigrant clients are exploited by being urged to sign up for multiple services that carry high interest…