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Immigration Article of the Day: The Anti-Mexican Origins of the Criminalization of Undocumented Entry under the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 by S. Deborah Kang

The Anti-Mexican Origins of the Criminalization of Undocumented Entry under the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 by S. Deborah Kang

Abstract

This paper traces the anti-Mexican animus that motivated the passage of 8 U.S.C. ss. 1326 under the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act.

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This article touches on issues currently being addressed in the courts.

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