- Collection:
- Scholarly Works
- Title:
- Challenging the Criminalization of Undocumented Drivers Through a Health-Justice Framework
- Creator:
- Cade, Jason A.
- Date of Original:
- 2024-01-01
- Subject:
- Law--Study and teaching
Academic writing--Georgia--Athens
University of Georgia. School of Law - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Previously posted on SSRN. (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4732989)
Health justice -- health equity -- medical-legal partnership -- crimmigration -- criminal law -- social determinants of health -- discrimination -- migration -- citizenship -- bias -- proportionality -- status -- equal protection -- due process -- Health Law and Policy -- Immigration Law
States increasingly use driver’s license laws to further policy objectives unrelated to road safety. This symposium contribution employs a health justice lens to focus on one manifestation of this trend—state schemes that prohibit noncitizen residents from accessing driver’s licenses and then impose criminal sanctions for driving without authorization. Status-based no-license laws not only facilitate legally questionable enforcement of local immigration priorities but also impose structural inequities with long-term health consequences for immigrants and their family members, including US citizen children. Safe, reliable transportation is a significant social determinant of health for individuals, families, and communities. Applying a health justice lens to the weaponization of no-license laws against noncitizens will both catalyze new legal challenges and create momentum for coalition building and policy reforms. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1614
- Holding Institution:
- Alexander Campbell King Law Library
- Rights:
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