Over the last two decades, U.S. courts have convicted hundreds of thousands of Latin American defendants for misdemeanor immigration crimes. This Article documents, analyzes, and draws lessons from immigrants’ defiance. In particular, the battles in California and Texas reveal several effective legal strategies for immigrant defendants to resist mass criminalization.

 

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抵制大规模移民起诉

在过去的二十年里，美国法院已将数十万拉丁美洲被告犯有轻罪移民罪。本文记录、分析了移民的反抗行为并从中汲取教训。特别是，加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州的斗争揭示了移民被告抵制大规模定罪的几种有效的法律策略。