Juan Crow
Juan Crow is a neologism[citation needed] used to describe a type of law or policy related to enforcement of immigration statutes in the United States.[1][2] The term dates back to the early 2000s and it compares immigration laws to Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation and kept blacks as an underclass.[1][2]
Certain laws in Arizona,[3] Alabama,[1] and Georgia[4] have been considered Juan Crow laws.
California's Proposition 187 was considered a Juan Crow law by immigration activists. It required citizenship screening of residents and denied social services like health care and public education to illegal immigrants.[5]
In the 1940s, Mexican and Mexican American students attended separate "Mexican schools" in Orange County. This de facto segregation was deemed unconstitutional by the Mendez v. Westminster federal court case.[6]
See also
- Alabama HB 56
- Arizona SB 1070
- California Proposition 187
- Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act
References
- ^ a b c Person, David (November 1, 2011). "'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama". USA Today. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ a b Cohen, J. Richard (14 June 2008). "Meet "Juan Crow"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ Traywick, Catherine. "Juan Crow Laws in Arizona". Campus Progress. Center for American Progress. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ Lovato, Roberto (26 May 2008). "Juan Crow in Georgia". The Nation. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ Arellano, Gustavo (2014-09-18). "Republicans used California's 'Juan Crow' law as a model for other states. Now it's dead, and so is the far-right". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ Zonkel, Phillip. "Righting a wrong Mendez v. Westminster brought an end to segregation in O.C. schools". Mendez v Westminster History. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
