Arizona and National Immigration Crisis: Immigration Resources

287(g) is a federal program that authorizes the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies whereby state and local officiers take on immigration law enforcement duties.

Ingrid V. Eagly, Criminal Justic for Noncitizens: An Analysis of Variation in Local Enforcement, 88 NYU L. Rev. 1126 (2013).  SSRN 

Steven E. Gunkel & Ana-Maria González Wahl, Unauthorized Migrants and the (Il)logic of "Crime Control": A Human Rights Perspective on US Federal and Local State Immigration Policies, 6 Sociology Compass 26 (Jan. 2013) Wiley Online Library (subscription required)

Ingrid V. Eagly, Local Immigration Prosecution: A Study of Arizona Before SB 1070, 58 UCLA L. Rev. 1749 (2011).  Heinonline

Gabriel J. Chin & Marc L. Miller, The Unconstitutionality of State Regulation of Immigration Through Criminal Law, 61 Duke L.J. 251 (2011).  Heinonline

Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, Forced Federalism: States as Laboratories of Immigration Reform, 62 Hastings L.J. 1673 (2011).  Heinonline 

Kristina M. Campbell, Imagining a More Humane Immigration Policy in the Age of Obama: The Use of Plenary Power to Halt the State Balkanization of Immigration Regulation, 30 St. Louis Univ. Pub. L. Rev. 415 (2010).  PDF

Keith Aoki & John Shuford, Welcome to Amerizona--Immigrants Out!: Assessing "Dystopian Dreams" and "Usable Futures" of Immigration Reform, and Considering Whether "Immigration Regionalism" is an Idea Whose Time Has Come, 38 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1 (2010).  Heinonline 

Huyen Pham & Pham Hoang Van, The Economic Impact of Local Immigration Regulation: An Empirical Analysis, 32 Cardozo L. Rev. 485 (2010).  Heinonline

Ajmel Quereshi, 287(g) and Women: The Family Values of Local Law Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law, 25 Wis. J.L. Gender & Soc'y 261 (2010).  Heinonline

Kavitha Sreeharsha, Victims' Rights Unraveling: The Impact of Local Immigration Enforcement Policies on the Violence Against Women Act, 11 Geo. J. of Gender & L. 649 (2010).  Heinonline   

Yule Kim, The Limits of State and Local Immigration Enforcement and Regulation, 3 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 242 (2010).  Heinonline | Westlaw

Careen Shannon, Regulating Immigration at the State Level: A Focus on Employment, 3 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 218 (2010).  Heinonline | Westlaw

Mark S. Grube, Preemption of Local Regulations Beyond Lozano v. City of Hazelton: Reconciling Local Enforcement with Federal Immigration Policy, 95 Cornell L. Rev. 391 (2010).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Thomas Sosa, 'Mi Casa No Es Su Casa': How Far Is Too Far When States and Localities Take Immigration Matters Into Their Own Hands?, 29 Chicano-Latino L. Rev. 103 (2010).  LexisNexis | Westlaw

Michael B. Barnett, The High Cost of Low-Cost Workers: Missouri Enacts New Law Targeting Employers of Unauthorized Workers, 74 Mo. L. Rev. 801 (2009).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Karla Mari McKanders, The Constitutionality of State and Local Laws Targeting Immigrants, 31 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 579 (2009).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Seth M.M. Stodder & Nicolle Sciara Rippeon, State and Local Governments and Immigration Laws, 41 Urban Lawyer 387 (2009).  LexisNexis | Westlaw

Christopher J. Lenhardt, Michigan's Workplace Enforcement Law: Encroachment on Traditional Federal Power or Effective Socioeconomic Policy?, 86 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 245 (2009).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Nathan G. Cortez, The Local Dilemma: Preemption and the Role of Federal Standards in State and Local Immigration Laws, 61 SMU L. Rev. 47 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

L. Darnell Weeden, Local Laws Restricting the Freedom of Undocumented Immigrants as Violations of Equal Protection and Principles of Federal Preemption, 52 St. Louis U. L.J. 479 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Kris W. Kobach, Reinforcing the Rule of Law: What States Can and Should Do To Reduce Illegal Immigration, 22 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 459 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Kai Bartolomeo, Immigration and the Constitutionality of Local Self Help: Escondido's Undocumented Immigrant Rental Ban, 17 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 855 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Garrett Kennedy, Illegal Is Not Simply Illegal: The Broad Ramifications of a Pennsylvania Town's Attempt at Immigration Control, and the Inherent Problems of Racial Discrimination, 10 U. Pa. J. Bus. & Emp. L. 1029 (2008).  Heinonline | Westlaw

Jamie Vasquez, Regulating Immigration Through Fiscal Policymaking: Reexamining Texas' New Margin Tax, 9 Hous. Bus. & Tax L. J. 62 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Karla Mari McKanders, Welcome to Hazelton! 'Illegal' Immigrants Beware: Local Immigration Ordinances and What the Federal Government Must Do About It, 39 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 1 (2007).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Joshua J. Herndon, Broken Borders: De Canas v. Bica and the Standards That Govern the Validity of State Measures Designed to Deter Undocumented Immigration, 12 Tex. Hisp. J. L. & Pol'y 31 (2006).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Robert Warren & John Robert Warren. Unauthorized Immigration to the United States: Annual Estimates and Components of Change, by State, 1990 to 2010, International Migration Review (article first published online 15 Feb. 2013).  Wiley Online Library

Jamie Longazel, Subordinating Myth: Latino/a Immigration, Crime, and Exclusion, 7 Sociology Compass 87 (Feb. 2013). Wiley Online Library (subscription required)

Gerald P. López, Don't We Like Them Illegal?, 45 UC Davis L. Rev. 1711 (2012). Artwork by Andrea Matsuoka. PDF

Ingrid V. Eagly, Criminal Clinics in the Pursuit of Immigrant Rights: Lessons from the Loncheros, 2 UC Irvine L. Rev. 91 (2012). PDF

Nina Rabin, Disappearing Parents: Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System, 44 Conn. L. Rev. 99 (2011).  Heinonline 

Marcia Zug, Should I Stay or Should I Go: Why Immigrant Reunification Decisions Should Be Based on the Best Interest of the Child, 2011 BYU L. Rev. 1139 (2011).  Heinonline 

Gabriel J. Chin, Illegal Entry as Crime, Deportation as Punishment: Immigration Status and the Criminal Process, 58 UCLA L. Rev. 1417 (2011).  Heinonline

Matthew J. Lindsay, Immigration as Invasion: Sovereignty, Security, and the Origins of the Federal Immigration Power, 45 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 1 (2010).  Heinonline 

Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, Alien Language: Immigration Metaphors and the Jurisprudence of Otherness, 79 Fordham L. Rev. 1545 (2011).  Heinonline

Hiroshi Motomura, What Is "Comprehensive Immigration Reform"? Taking the Long View, 63 Ark. L. Rev. 225 (2010).  LexisNexis | Westlaw

Philip C. Aka & Lucinda M. Deason, Culturally Competent Public Services and English-Only Laws, 53 How. L.J. 53 (2009).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Josh Hill, Devin Ross & Brad Serafine, Watch Your Language! The Kansas Law Review Survey of Official-English and English-Only Laws and Policies, 57 Univ. of Kansas L. Rev. 669 (2009).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Hiroshi Motomura, Immigration Outside the Law, 108 Colum. L. Rev. 2037 (2008).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Peter H. Schuck, The Mortality of Immigration Policy, 45 San Diego L. Rev. 865 (2008). Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Amy Mackin, Lost Without Translation: The Official English Movement and the First Amendment, 6 First Amend. L. Rev. 341 (2008).  LexisNexis | Westlaw

Justin Henderson, The Tyranny of the Minority: Is It Time to Jettison Ballot Initiatives in Arizona?, 39 Ariz. St. L.J. 963 (2007). Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Kevin R. Johnson & Bill Ong Hing, The Immigrant Rights Marches of 2006 and the Prospects for a New Civil Rights Movement, 42 Harv. Civ. Rts.-Civ. Lib. L. Rev. 99 (2007).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Bill Ong Hing, Misusing Immigration Policies in the Name of Homeland Security, 6 CR: The New Centennial Rev. 195 (2005).  Project Muse (restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSB, UCSC and UCSD)

Jenning Kohlberger, Using Principles of International Law to Reshape American Legislation of State Official English Laws, 29 J. Legis. 253 (2003).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Margaret Roberton, Abridging the Freedom of Non-English Speech: English-Only Legislation and the Free Speech Rights of Government Employees, 2001 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1641 (2001).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas, Judicial Review of Initiatives and Referendums In Which Majorities Vote on Minorities' Democratic Citizenship, 60 Ohio St. L.J. 399 (1999). Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Bill Ong Hing, In the Interest of Racial Harmony: Revisiting the Lawyer's Duty to Work for the Common Good, 47 Stanford L. Rev. 901 (1995).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Bill Ong Hing, Immigration Policies: Messages of Exclusion to African Americans, 37 Howard L.J. 237 (1994).  Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Bill Ong Hing, Beyond the Rhetoric of Assimilation and Cultural Pluralism: Addressing the Tension of Separatism and Conflict in an Immigration-Driven Multiracial Society, 81 Calif. L. Rev. 863 (1993). Heinonline | LexisNexis | Westlaw

Gerald P. López, Undocumented Mexican Migration: In Search of a Just Immigration Law and Policy, 28 UCLA L. Rev. 615 (1980-1981).  Heinonline

Christian E. Boesl & Charles L. Appleby, New Immigration Act for S.C. Employers: What Are the Requirements and Is the Act Constitutional?, 20-Nov. South Carolina Lawyer 30 (2008). LexisNexis | Westlaw

Gary Endelman & Cynthia Juarez Lange, State Immigration Legislation and the Preemption Doctrine, Practising Law Institute, Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, PLI Order No. 13921 (Oct. 14-15, 2008), pp. 123- [64 pages] Cited as 1698 PLI/Corp 123 (2008).  Westlaw

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