Opposition to immigration in the United States is often phrased as a fear that newcomers will compete with citizens for jobs, drive down wages, and displace American workers. In response, immigrants' rights advocates advance several arguments. To counteract the claim that ongoing immigration is...

Over the past decade, the United States has experienced a stunning 65% decline in undocumented immigration. While politicians seem unaware of this change, firms that once relied on local undocumented workers as a low-wage labor force feel it acutely. Such companies have increasingly applied to...

This policy paper argues that efforts to regulate global labor recruitment for low-wage work should target the firm at the top of the labor supply chain (ie, the ultimate employer of the recruited workers, or -- where that employer is a subcontractor -- the end user firm to which the employer...

The relationship of immigration law to the Constitution has long been incoherent. One result is that there is little clarity on the appropriate standard of review for constitutional violations when aspects of immigration law and policy are challenged in the federal courts. This Article advances...

In a 2007 article, I proposed quot;Transnational Labor Citizenshipquot; as a new approach to labor migration policy. Transnational Labor Citizenship would link permission to work in the U.S. to the migrant's membership in a network of cross-border worker organizations rather than to employment...