Author Archives: jrodriguezmena

IALR Proudly Presents its 2019-2020 Executive Board

The Inter-American Law Review proudly announces its 2019-2029 Executive Board! Congratulations to these dedicated members of our law review. Editor in Chief: Benjamin Mitrani Executive Editors: Courtney Kaiser & Tessa Mears Managing Editor: Selene C. Vazquez Student Writing Editor: Alec Waid Online Publications Editor: Talia Boiangin Articles and Comments Editors: Joshua Levey, Octavious Buiey, Jr., Amid Bennaim & Nikolas Dean Alumni Advisor Editor: Madeleine Elser  

For the Seventh Consecutive Year, a Majority of the Undocumented Immigrant Population Entered the U.S. Legally

By: Courtney Kaiser Last month, President Trump declared a national emergency on the Mexican border in order to access billions in funding to build a border wall.  The President asserts that the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants from Mexico constitutes a profound threat to national security and justifies the use of emergency action.  However, […]

Sterilized Without Consent: Indigenous Women in Canada Fight for their Bodily Autonomy

By: Ashley Saul In November of 2018, attorney Alisa Lombard of Maurice Law brought a class-action lawsuit against the Saskatchewan Province Health System on behalf of 60 Indigenous women in Canada.  The basis of the suit arose from various Indigenous women who reported to Lombard that they had gone into a publicly funded administered hospital […]