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Legal Matters

December 15, 2009 – 4:19 pm

Sonia Sotomayor made history last week as the first Supreme Court Justice to use the phrase “undocumented immigrant” with her debut decision in the case Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter, No. 08-678. And immigration advocates everywhere are touting Justice Sotomayor’s choice as a step in the right direction.
University of California law professor Kevin Johnson explains [...]

By Stephanie Wolf | Also posted in Government, Politics | Comments (1)

Immigration Law Proposals Threaten Victims of Domestic Violence

May 8, 2006 – 5:23 pm

When a victim of domestic violence also happens to be an immigrant woman without documents, the barriers she faces in trying to escape her tormentor are enormous. Two New Mexico women, founders of Enlace Comunitario, say punitive legislation that has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives would make such a woman, already dangerously at [...]

By Susan Loubet | Also posted in WMC Exclusives, WMC Exclusives Articles | Comments (0)