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"Offers a novel contribution to immigration legal scholarship by rewriting Supreme Court immigration law opinions from a critical immigration legal theory lens. Contests fundamental presumptions in doctrinal immigration law and shows how entrenched system of power, alongside racism, sexism, and stereotypes, have marred the immigration law landscape"--
List of contents
1. Introduction Kathleen Kim, Kevin Lapp and Jennifer J. Lee; 2. Chy Lung v. Freeman, 92 US 275 (1875) Julie Dahlstrom and Stewart Chang; 3. Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, 142 US 651 (1892) Eunice C. Lee and Stella Burch Elias; 4. United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US 649 (1898) Rachel Rosenbloom and Jonathan Weinberg; 5. United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 US 204 (1923) Jaya Ramji-Nogales and Joy Kanwar; 6. Landon v. Plasencia, 459 US 21 (1982) Sabrina Balgamwalla and Erin Corcoran; 7. Plyler v. Doe, 457 US 202 (1982) Michael Olivas and Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia; 8. Jean v. Nelson, 472 US 846 (1985) Raymond Audain and Patricia Winograd; 9. Reno v. Flores, 507 US 292 (1993) Lindsay Harris and Julia Hernández; 10. Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 US 678 (2001) Nicole Hallett, Stacy Caplow and Maryellen Fullerton; 11. Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, 535 US 137 (2002) Ruben Garcia and Kati Griffith; 12. Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 US 356 (2010) Jack Chin and Marissa Montes; 13. Arizona v. United States, 567 US 387 (2012) Kristina Campbell and Annie Lai; 14. Jennings v. Rodriguez, 138 S. Ct. 830 (2018) Ahilan Arulanantham, Sarah Sherman-Stokes and Sarah Schendel; 15. Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal., 140 S. Ct. 1891 (2020) Kevin Johnson and Jennifer Lee Koh.
About the author
Kathleen Kim is an immigrants' rights scholar, attorney, and Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University. Professor Kim's publications examine immigration through the intersectional lens of race, gender, and class.Kevin Lapp is a Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University. Professor Lapp has worked, taught, and written extensively about immigration law and policy for over a decade.Jennifer Lee is an Associate Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Professor Lee founded the Social Justice Lawyering Clinic at the Sheller Center for Social Justice, which collaborates with immigrant communities on issues ranging from labor exploitation to immigration detention.
Summary
Offers a novel contribution to immigration legal scholarship by rewriting Supreme Court immigration law opinions from a critical immigration legal theory lens. Contests fundamental presumptions in doctrinal immigration law and shows how entrenched system of power, alongside racism, sexism, and stereotypes, have marred the immigration law landscape.
Foreword
This book shows how critical feminist reasoning can reshape the current immigration legal regime in the United States.
