Divorcing Deportation: The Oregon Trail to Immigrant Inclusion

39 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2019

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Alex Boone

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Benjamin España

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lindsay Jonasson

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Teresa Smith

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Juliet P. Stumpf

Lewis & Clark College - Lewis & Clark Law School; University of Oxford - Border Criminologies; Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library

Stephen Manning

Innovation Law Lab

Date Written: August 28, 2018

Abstract

Immigration policy under the Trump Administration has relied on local officials and local information to fulfill federal policy goals of high-volume deportation. It has embroiled states and localities and inspired impassioned objection from many impacted localities. This intensification of federal deportation has compelled states, towns, and cities to define their relationships with their immigrant communities of color, federal deportation policy, and immigration law.

This is nowhere more true than in Oregon. Oregon’s response has been to unravel the strands of federal deportation policy that had over time become enmeshed in state, local, and private institutions. This Article, drafted in the crucible of an intensive upper-level immigration course, takes a deep dive into Oregon’s efforts to shake off the tendrils of federal deportation policy. Why might it be worthwhile to follow the trail of immigrant inclusion in Oregon? Understanding the genesis of inclusive immigrant policies in this jurisdiction reveals that inclusionary policies have a deep-rooted history that long precedes the current administration’s pronouncements. As a case study, Oregon’s decades-long effort to disentangle itself from the divisiveness of federal immigration policy sheds valuable light on the process by which local jurisdictions build local policies to foster the kind of inclusion of immigrant communities of color seen as critical to local prosperity.

Suggested Citation

Boone, Alex and España, Benjamin and Jonasson, Lindsay and Smith, Teresa and Stumpf, Juliet P. and Manning, Stephen, Divorcing Deportation: The Oregon Trail to Immigrant Inclusion (August 28, 2018). Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 22:2, No. 624, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3400426

Alex Boone

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Benjamin España

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Lindsay Jonasson

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Teresa Smith

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Juliet P. Stumpf (Contact Author)

Lewis & Clark College - Lewis & Clark Law School ( email )

10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard
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University of Oxford - Border Criminologies ( email )

Manor Road Building
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Oxford, OX1 3UQ
United Kingdom

Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library ( email )

10101 S. Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, OR 97219
United States

Stephen Manning

Innovation Law Lab ( email )

333 SW Fifth Avenue Suite 525
Portland, OR 97204
United States

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