Symposium Introduction - 'Immigration and Civil Rights After September 11: The Impact on California'

Abstract:     
This is an introduction to a U.C. Davis Law Review symposium on "Immigration and Civil Rights After September 11: The Impact on California." The articles come from a distinguished group of scholars, attorneys, and activists and will unquestionably contribute significantly to the ongoing national dialogue about the treatment of noncitizens in U.S. society. The papers in the symposium issue were presented at the U.C. Davis School of Law in April 2004. The panels focused on "The War on Terror, Racial Profiling, and Immigrants," "Detention of Immigrants: Recent Developments and the Future," "Guest Workers," and "Activism in Immigrant Communities." As the panel titles suggest, the papers offer observations and insights about a full range of interrelated immigration developments, with a particular emphasis on the civil rights implications of the heightened immigration enforcement measures put into place after September 11. Authors include Susan Akram (Boston University), Kif Augustine-Adams (Brigham Young University), Charles Weisselberg (UC Berkeley-Boalt Hall), Larry Kupers (Assistant Federal Public Defender), Bill Ong Hing (U.C. Davis), Philip Martin (U.C. Davis (Agricultural Economics)), Adela de la Torre (U.C. Davis (Chicana/o Studies)), Rowena Seto (J.D., U.C. Davis), Isao Fujimoto (U.C. Davis (Asian American Studies)), and Gerardo Sandoval.

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