Alienated Immigrant Rights, the Constitution, and Equality in America【電子書籍】[ Victor C. Romero ]

＜p＞Throughout American history, the government has used U.S. citizenship and immigration law to protect privileged groups from less privileged ones, using citizenship as a “legitimate” proxy for otherwise invidious, and often unconstitutional, discrimination on the basis of race. While racial discrimination is rarely legally acceptable today, profiling on the basis of citizenship is still largely unchecked, and has in fact arguably increased in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States. In this thoughtful examination of the intersection between American immigration and constitutional law, Victor C. Romero draws our attention to a “constitutional immigration law paradox” that reserves certain rights for U.S. citizens only, while simultaneously purporting to treat all people fairly under constitutional law regardless of citizenship.＜br /＞ As a naturalized Filipino American, Romero brings an outsider's perspective to Alienated, forcing us to look at constitutional i．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る