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John Skrentny — Workshop on Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia: Defining a Research Agenda
January 20, 2011
John Skrentny — Workshop on Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia: Defining a Research Agenda

John Skrentny presents research at the “Workshop on Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia: Defining a Research Agenda” at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
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From Sheriff’s Deputies to Immigration Officers: Screening Immigrant Status in a Tennessee Jail (Working Paper #185)
January 19, 2011

Abstract: This paper contributes to emerging literature documenting the devolution of immigration enforcement authority by focusing on the implementation of the 287(g) program in Davidson County, Tennessee. It outlines how deputized immigration officers do their …

Patrick Simon — Beyond assimilation: The Second Generation in France
January 18, 2011
Patrick Simon — Beyond assimilation: The Second Generation in France

Beyond assimilation: The Second Generation in France
Seminar to be held in ERC 115 at 2:00 pm.
After being one of the most renowned “assimilationnist’s country” in the world, France has recently been engaged in quick changes …

John Skrentny — Does Race-Consciousness Affect Diversity
January 06, 2011
John Skrentny — Does Race-Consciousness Affect Diversity

John Skrentny presents research at the panel “Does Race-Consciousness Affect Diversity?” at the Association of American Law Schools 2011 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  Other panelists included Richard T. Ford (Stanford Law School), Ann Morning …

Q&A: UCSD immigration expert Wayne Cornelius on why the Dream Act went down
December 26, 2010

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The defeat in the Senate last Saturday of the Dream Act, which would have granted conditional legal status to qualifying undocumented college students, graduates and military hopefuls who arrived here before age 16, was just …

Q&A: UCSD immigration expert Wayne Cornelius on why the Dream Act went down
December 23, 2010
Q&A: UCSD immigration expert Wayne Cornelius on why the Dream Act went down

The defeat in the Senate last Saturday of the Dream Act, which would have granted conditional legal status to qualifying undocumented college students, graduates and military hopefuls who arrived here before age 16, was just …

Obama’s Immigration Reform and the Dynamics of Statutory Entrenchment
December 10, 2010
Obama’s Immigration Reform and the Dynamics of Statutory Entrenchment

John Skrentny and Micah Gell-Redman present their paper, “Obama’s Immigration Reform and the Dynamics of Statutory Entrenchment,” at the Republic of Statutes Conference at Yale Law School, December 10-11, 2010.

Patrick Weil — Comparative Citizenship Laws: Recent Transformations
November 23, 2010
Patrick Weil — Comparative Citizenship Laws: Recent Transformations

Seminar to be held in ERC 115 at 2:00 pm.
Abstract for Professor Weil’s talk coming soon!
Patrick Weil is a Visiting Professor of Law and Robina Foundation International Fellow at Yale Law School and a senior …

Fake CVs reveal discrimination against Muslims in French job market
November 20, 2010
Fake CVs reveal discrimination against Muslims in French job market

Meet Khadija Diouf. She is 24 years old, she’s single, she lives in France and she has spent the last three years working in secretarial and accounting jobs. Her surname tells us that she’s descended …

Assessing the “Secure Communities” Program and the Impact of 287(g) Agreements
November 18, 2010
Assessing the “Secure Communities” Program and the Impact of 287(g) Agreements

Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida
November 18 2010, 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The conference will include two roundtables, the first offering a macro analysis of immigration-related enforcement …