Juan Crow

Juan Crow is a neologism used to describe a type of law or policy related to enforcement of immigration statutes in the United States.[1][2] The term was coined in 2008 by journalist Robert Lovato[3], 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,[4] Alabama,[1] and Georgia[3] 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]

See also

References
  1. Person, David (November 1, 2011). "'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama". USA Today. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. Cohen, J. Richard (14 June 2008). "Meet "Juan Crow"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  3. Lovato, Roberto (26 May 2008). "Juan Crow in Georgia". The Nation. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. Traywick, Catherine. "Juan Crow Laws in Arizona". Campus Progress. Center for American Progress. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  5. 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.
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