The role of racism in administrative law

I was invited to be a guest on a Washington College of Law podcast exploring administrative law. The episode (Season 2, ep. 11) of   "A Hard Look"  examines the role that racism has historically played in administrative law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the administrative law space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and listeners can effectuate change.

Professor Carrie Rosenbaum  '02 and I discussed how immigration law, administrative law, and racism have historically intersected in several major Supreme Court cases on immigration. We also talked about the use of critical race theory in immigration academia, some of the barriers to immigration reform, and the recent Supreme Court decision in   Department of Homeland Security vs. Board of Regents of the University of California. Professor Rosenbaum authored “ UnEqual Protection in Immigration Law” for the   Yale Journal of Regulation. The series was inspired by the  Yale Journal on Regulation ’s  Symposium on Racism in Administrative Law.