Dean Johnson Cited on Exclusionary Immigration Laws in Washington Post
Research by Dean Kevin R. Johnson is cited in a Washington Post article examining exclusionary immigration laws in U.S. history. The article considers laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act in light of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslim immigration.
The article quotes from Dean Johnson's "Race, the Immigration Laws, and Domestic Race Relations: A ‘Magic Mirror' into the Heart of Darkness," published in the Indiana Law Journal in 1998. "For better or worse," Dean Johnson wrote, "the history of national origin and racial exclusion in U.S. immigration laws serves as a lens into this nation's soul.... This phenomenon is not limited to racial minorities, but applies with equal force to other groups who have been excluded from our shores under the immigration laws."
Kevin R. Johnson is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o studies at UC Davis School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.