In February, my colleague Christopher Lasch and I launched a year-long Crimmigration Law Lecture Series at the University of Denver. In that time, we’ve hosted eight outstanding scholars and José Padilla, the namesake of the landmark Supreme Court case Padilla v. Kentucky. Over many hours of critical conversations, we have explored the depth to which the criminal and immigration justice systems have become entwined in a single crimmigration regime. Next week we will host the fourth and final installment of this unique lecture series. On Friday, November 11, 2016, Professor Ingrid V. Eagly [...]
Arizona on verge of increasing jail time for migrants
After a few years out of the limelight, Arizona legislators appear on the verge of reigniting the state’s notorious climate toward migrants. A subtle change to the state’s criminal sentencing statutes promises to substantially increase the amount of time in prison certain migrants face. The proposal, Senate Bill 1377, targets migrants who are in the country in violation of a small number of federal immigration crimes, most notably Immigration and Nationality Act § 275 and 276, illegal entry and illegal reentry respectively. SB 1377 would limit a sentencing judge’s power to tailor the [...]
Scholars Sidebar: AZ self-smuggling crime altered fed power over immigration long before SB 1070
In a new article, immigration law scholar Ingrid V. Eagly argues that Arizona changed the face of immigration policing before the state legislature enacted the infamous SB 1070. Ingrid V. Eagly, Local Immigration Prosecution: A Study of Arizona Before SB 1070, 58 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 1749 (2011). Eagly, a professor at U.C.L.A. School of Law, focuses on a state anti-smuggling statute, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-2319, enacted in 2005 and its zealous use by local prosecutors against immigrants to argue that “Arizona has already altered federal power over immigration through its control over crime.” [...]