Straddling the Civil-Criminal Divide: A Bifurcated Approach to Understanding the Nature of Immigration Removal Proceedings

Authors

• Peter L. Markowitz, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawFollow

Publication Date

2008

Journal

Immigration and Nationality Law Review

Abstract

The article challenges the traditional classification of removal proceedings as civil, arguing that expulsion, particularly for permanent residents, functions similarly to criminal punishment and should therefore be treated as criminal. It proposes a bifurcated approach distinguishing exclusion and expulsion, advocating for criminal protections in expulsion proceedings to align with historical and constitutional principles.

Volume

29

Issue

1

First Page

165

Last Page

228

Publisher

William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Immigration Law | Law

Comments

Part II: Policy, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Law

Recommended Citation

Peter L. Markowitz, Straddling the Civil-Criminal Divide: A Bifurcated Approach to Understanding the Nature of Immigration Removal Proceedings, 29 Immigr. & Nat'lity L. Rev. 165 (2008).
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/1399