Immigration

Thanks to Emily Berman, Ryan Bubb, Stephen Lee, Nancy Morawetz, Moran Sedah, Peter Schuck, Fred Vars, and workshop participants at The University of Chicago Law School, New York University School of Law, and The University of Alabama School of Law for helpful comments. Thanks also to Kuntal Cholera and David Woolston for research assistance.

I thank Kyle Bagwell and Bob Staiger for helpful conversations on the subject and participants in The University of Chicago Immigration Law and Institutional Design Symposium, held at The University of Chicago Law School on June 15 and 16, 2012, for many thoughtful comments.

This Article was prepared for The University of Chicago’s Immigration Law and Institutional Design Symposium, held at The University of Chicago Law School on June 15 and 16, 2012. Thanks to the participants in that conference and Adam Cox for comments, and to Ellie Norton and Randy Zack for helpful research assistance. The Russell Baker Scholarship Fund at The University of Chicago Law School provided financial assistance.

I would like to thank Noah Zatz, Sabine Tsuruda, and participants in The University of Chicago’s Immigration Law and Institutional Design Symposium, held at The University of Chicago Law School on June 15 and 16, 2012, for their very helpful comments. I am indebted to Brittney Stanley for excellent research and editing assistance.

For helpful comments, I am grateful to Jennifer Gordon, Catherine Fisk, David Moore, and Laura Weinrib. This essay benefitted from presentations at UC Irvine School of Law, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School, and at The University of Chicago’s Immigration Law and Institutional Design Symposium, held at The University of Chicago Law School on June 15 and 16, 2012. The UC Irvine Law School research librarians provided excellent support. I am also grateful to Morgan White-Smith, Taylor Meehan, and the other University of Chicago Law Review editors for their superb editorial work. Please direct comments and questions to slee@law.uci.edu.