Journal of Gender, Race and Justice articles from January 2007

Journal of Gender, Race and Justice archives from January 2007

Border constructions: immigration enforcement and territorial presumptions.
January 1, 2007... I. FRAMING BORDER DISCOURSE Securing our border is essential to securing the homeland.... I appreciate once again being here with the Border and Immigration Security officers.... By defending our border, you're defending our ...

At the border: what Tres Mujeres tell us about walls and fences.
January 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Current regulation of the border between the United States and Mexico emphasizes the international border. The border is conceptualized as a dividing line between two culturally and historically separate and distinct...

The labyrinth: pursuing a human trafficking case in middle America.
January 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION In 2004, when a group of migrant farm workers decided to stand up to their abusive farm labor contractor and the grower who employed him, they started what came to be a groundbreaking case in Colorado. (1) Although they had...

Are your genes protected? Federal legislation and genetic discrimination.
January 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Imagine that you are a twenty-five-year-old male or female, educated, newly married, and hoping to start a family soon. The only problem with this happy scenario is that one of your parents has Huntington's Disease, and you...

Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales: the value of a restraining order.
January 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Jessica Gonzales had enough. She knew she had to do something to stop her husband. On May 21, 1999, a judge issued a temporary restraining order against her husband to protect her and her three daughters, ages seven, nine,...

Cultural assimilation as a mitigating factor to immigration offenses under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
January 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Ernesto Rivas-Gonzalez first immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-one. (1) Fifteen years later, he was convicted of a drug-related crime. (2) After serving a one-year sentence, Ernesto was deported to...