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The Puccini Problem 2007

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“…261 More controversially, some have pointed to the negative influence of a "ghetto culture" that gained influence after the middle class moved out of urban centers in the 1970s. 262 As explained by William Julius Wilson, "instead of focusing on the changing situational and structural factors that accompanied the black middle-and working-class exodus from the inner city," some have pointed to "a ghetto culture of poverty." 263 Rejecting this focus on culture, Wilson suggests that the structural "concentration effects" of poverty more accurately explain inner city crime rates.…”

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Mainstream pro-immigrant law reformers advocate for better treatment of immigrants by invoking a contrast with people convicted of a crime. This Article details the harms and limitations of a conceptual framework for immigration reform that draws its narrative force from a contrast with people-citizens and noncitizens-who have been convicted of a criminal offense and proposes an alternate approach that better aligns with racial and class critiques of the U.S. criminal justice system. Noncitizens with a criminal record are overwhelmingly low-income people of color. While some have been in the United States for a short period of time, many have resided in the United States for much longer. Many are lawful permanent residents with strong family ties, including U.S. citizen children. Convicted noncitizens who have served significant time in our penal system have experienced the well-documented harms associated with both criminal and civil * Clinical Professor and Roger Schindler Fellow, University of Miami School of Law. I wish to thank the following people for their thoughtful feedback on earlier drafts of this article:

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