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NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.288.9 sec. 1 - Immigration Law and Policy (Fall 2011)
Instructor: Maria Echaveste
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Units: 2
Meeting Time: M 3:35-5:25
Meeting Location: 10
Course Start: August 29, 2011
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49943
The goal of this class is to review the social, political and economic factors that have influenced the development of US immigration policy and obtain a basic understanding of the key concepts and principles of immigration law. The objective of the readings and class discussions is to lay a foundation that will further our ability to evaluate the merits of current and future proposals and the increasingly intense public debate concerning US immigration policy.
This course will require the submission of a 20-25 page paper on a topic of the student's choice, which will be due at the end of the semester.
If you have taken another immigration law class, you can still take this class as its focus is different than others offered.
Exam Notes: P
Course Category: Social Justice and Public Interest
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Public Law and Policy
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Readers:
A reader will be used in this class.
Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Defining America through immigration policy
Bill Ong Hing; forword by Anthony D. Romero
Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 9781592132331
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $7.23
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time. - Immigration and citizenship
by Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura
Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2003.
ISBN: 9780314150158
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: To Be Determined
