Title
The New Immigration Federalism
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Description
Since 2004, the United States has seen a flurry of state and local laws dealing with unauthorized immigrants. Though initially restrictionist, these laws have recently undergone a dramatic shift toward promoting integration. How are we to make sense of this new immigration federalism? What are its causes? And what are its consequences for the federal-state balance of power? In The New Immigration Federalism, Professors Pratheepan Gulasekaram and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan provide answers to these questions using a mix of quantitative, historical, and doctrinal legal analysis. In so doing they refute the popular “demographic necessity” argument put forward by anti-immigrant activists and politicians. Instead, they posit that immigration federalism is rooted in a political process that connects both federal and subfederal actors: the Polarized Change Model. Their model captures not only the spread of restrictionist legislation but also its abrupt turnaround in 2012, projecting valuable insights for the future.
Buy Link
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/us-law/new-immigration-federalism?format=PB
ISBN
9781107530867
Publication Date
9-2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Disciplines
Immigration Law
Recommended Citation
Gulasekaram, Pratheepan and Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, "The New Immigration Federalism" (2015). Faculty Book Gallery. 24.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/24