The new immigration federalism / Pratheepan Gulasekaram & S. Karthick RamakrishnanCall Number: LAW STACKS 1st floor KF 4819 .G85 2015
Publication Date: 2015
In The New Immigration Federalism, Professors Pratheepan Gulasekaram and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan use a mix of quantitative, historical, and doctrinal legal analysis to make sense of the flurry of state and local laws passed since 2004 dealing with unauthorized immigrants. In so doing they refute the popular 'demographic necessity' argument put forward by anti-immigrant activists and politicians. Instead, they posit that immigration federalism is rooted in a political process that connects both federal and subfederal actors: the Polarized Change Model. Their model captures not only the spread of restrictionist legislation but also its abrupt turnaround in 2012, projecting valuable insights for the future.