Immigration, Race, and the Constitution (Compressed) (LAW-795IR-001)
Jayesh Rathod
Meets: 08:00 PM - 09:50 PM (Tu) - Yuma - Room YT16
Enrolled: 21 / Limit: 25
Notices
This course meets 9/7-10/12
Description
This course examines core features of the U.S. immigration system, including its structure and Constitutional parameters, through the lens of critical theory. Topics to be explored include: the source and scope of the federal immigration power; the role of states in regulating immigration-related matters; the applicability of key Constitutional provisions to matters involving noncitizens, including the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses; immigration enforcement and the Fourth Amendment; and requirements relating to citizenship and naturalization. The course will delve into these dimensions of U.S. immigration law, analyzing a selection of cases and statutes from the 19th century to the present, and examining how race and U.S. immigration law are mutually constitutive.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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There is no required textbook for this course. All course readings will be posted to the course page on myWCL.
First Class Readings
Laura E. Gómez, Understanding Law and Race as Mutually Constitutive: An Invitation to Explore an Emerging Field, 6 ANNU. REV. L. SOC. SCI. 487 (2010)
Neil Gotanda, A Critique of “Our Constitution is Color-Blind”, 44 STAN. L. REV. 1 (1991)
Kevin R. Johnson, Race, the Immigration Laws, and Domestic Race Relations: A ‘Magic Mirror’ into the Heart of Darkness, 73 IND. L. J. 1111 (1998)
Aziz Rana, Colonialism and Constitutional Memory, 5 U.C. IRVINE L. REV. 263 (2015)
Syllabus
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