Immigration
Jul. 30, 2010
Who Owns America?
Since immigration law is about jurisdiction, one take on the debate over Arizona's law is asking who has the right to refuse entry to newcomers, by Christopher Tomlins of University of California, Irvine.
Arizona's attempt to pass and enforce its own immigration law has prompted much local and national debate - reasoned, impassioned, occasionally ugly. Debate, even when heated, always raises interesting questions. Sometimes answers can be found in strange places. History, for instance.
A recent Anaheim demonstration in support of Arizona's law and its declared objective to halt illegal immigration raised an inte...
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