Abstract
Current immigration law in the United States is rife with racially motivated biases necessitating immediate correction. Among the many problems with current law, constitutional rights are withheld from a large populace. This article reflects upon the history of immigration law in the United States, noting key decisions which have formed the status quo. This article also proposes remedies such as the cessation of infringement by government agents on the property rights that affected immigrants have on their own bodies and a modern-day amnesty reflective of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. This article also introduces Bernadette Atuahene’s concept of dignity takings to immigrant rights and proposes that reform proposals include dignity restorations for the “invisible” immigrant community and their affected families.
Last Page
440
First Page
403
Date Created
December 6, 2019
Journal Title
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Recommended Citation
Christopher Mendez,
Dignity Takings in Leviathanic Immigration Proceedings,
21
The Scholar
403
(2019).
Available at:
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thescholar/vol21/iss3/3
Volume Number
21
Issue Number
3
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
Riley F. Tunnell
ISSN
1537-405X
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, Immigration Law Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law and Society Commons, Legal Remedies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons
