Off-prints are in! Read about the history of the birth certificate, the idiosyncrasies of “cooperative”federalism that govern birth certificates, and the people caught between federal and state sovereigns in my Article in @SLPRonline!
Today's @nytimes article hints at, but doesn't fully unpack the problem that vexes me: How do we ensure children spend minimal time in government custody, while also ensuring that they are not sent into the arms of adults who may not have the means or desire to care for them?
This @propublica article from a few years ago did a deep dive into the same issue, focusing on undocumented children in the United States as opposed to those who had gone through the HHS system: https://t.co/KSV4tzdgjv.
@GcrCole@JRefugeeStudies Will do! Kind of you to be in touch. I had been planning to attend the RSC Recognising Regugees conference and was hoping we might cross paths—another time!
@antoine_despi “I’d buy you Rogaine / When you start losing all your hair.” - The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson. A sweet song overall, but I’ll never forget the time the mother of teenage me lost it in laughter after hearing these lyrics.
@RGGonzales1 Not a completed dissertation, but working at the intersection of law & sociology to document the phenomenon of "plea bargaining" with CAT and administrative closure in immigration court--a problem of unknown proportions.
Many African countries have enormous natural resource wealth, but much of the benefits end up in tax havens—boosting the profits of Global North corporations instead of building schools, roads, and hospitals.
I wrote about how African governments can better counter tax avoidance