Citizenship and nationality law

In 1993, Jose Medelln, an eighteen-year-old Mexican national who lived most of his life in the United States, was arrested for his participation in the gang rape and murder of two girls in Houston, Texas.

States are erecting walls at their borders at a pace unmatched in history, and the wall between the United States and Mexico stands as an icon among these dividing structures.

Irregular migration has emerged as an issue of intensive political debate and governmental practice over recent years.

This book addresses historical issues of colonialism and race, which influenced the formation of multicultural society in Mauritius.

Immigration policy is a subject of intense political and public debate.

Seth, Mark, and Hope try to draw their jumpy dog .

This book enhances critical perspectives on human rights through the lens of performance studies and argues that contemporary artistic interventions can contribute to our understanding of human rights as a critical and embodied doing.

How did Canadian border officers come to think of themselves as a "e;police of the border"e;?

Das Werk überprüft, ob die Rechtsprechung der Tatsachen- und Obergerichte zur Gruppenverfolgung einheitlich ist, bzw.

The goal of successfully incorporating ethnic minorities represents a decisive challenge for modern societies.

Women's history emerged as a genre in the waning years of the eighteenth century, a period during which concepts of nationhood and a sense of belonging expanded throughout European nations and the young American republic.

The border is one of the most urgent issues of our times.

Shaw examines voting rights within the European Union and its Member States.

Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.

When the United States entered World War II, Italian nationals living in this country were declared enemy aliens and faced with legal restrictions.

In this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still evading the identity-forming powers of state surveillance.

After fleeing homophobia and threats to her life in her native El Salvador, 'Carla' was detained for two years inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Center.

This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world's most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico.

Can the EU be held legally responsible for its contributions to human rights harms in its Integrated Border Management policy?

Since 1945 the United Kingdom has changed from a polity that was overwhelmingly white, ethnically British, and Christian to one constituted by creeds, cultures, and communities drawn from all over the globe.

This book prepares mental health professionals to conduct a thorough psychological assessment of individuals involved in immigration proceedings and present the results in a professional report.

This book considers how access to justice is affected by restrictions to legal aid budgets and increasingly prescriptive service guidelines.

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This book investigates how effective human rights and the inherent dignity of refugees can be secured in situations of protracted exile and encampment.

Every ten years political representation in the U.

As the threats posed by organised crime and terrorism persist, law enforcement authorities remain under pressure to suppress the movement, or flows, of people and objects that are deemed dangerous.

Ellermann examines the development of immigration policies in four democracies from the postwar era to the present.

At a time when global debates about the movement of people have never been more heated, this book provides readers with an accessible, student-friendly guide to the subject of forced migration.

Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the role of social scientists as a source of expert evidence, and is a product of their experiences and observations of cases involving litigants of South Asian origin.

Gold Medal Winner, Illumination Award, 2023Welcoming the undocumented resident refugee into the life of the polis is a challenge for some communities and a moral imperative for others.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The federal government's attempt to enforce civil rights measures during Reconstruction is usually regarded as a failure.

Perceptions of the United States as a nation of immigrants are so commonplace that its history as a nation of emigrants is forgotten.