God and the Illegal Alien: United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics by Robert W. Heimburger (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018), xx + 238 pp.

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-195
Author(s):  
Justin P. Ashworth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Illegal Alien ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
United States Immigration ◽  
States Immigration

Uprootedness as (Cruel and Unusual) Punishment

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Zaibert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
United States Supreme Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
United States Supreme ◽  
United States Immigration ◽  
States Immigration

In spite of some protestations to the contrary, some of the practices that the United States immigration law permits are punitive. They are, moreover, terribly severe. If American citizens were to be treated in the ways in which some noncitizens are treated in the United States, they would be victims of cruel and unusual punishment. The paper seeks to show the implausibility of the euphemistic maneuvers that seek to deny this fact, by appealing to arguments put forth by the United States Supreme Court. In particular, the paper argues that the reasons why the United States Supreme Court considers expatriation to be cruel and unusual punishment apply as well to some instances of deportation.

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