Law School Professor Authors Book on Immigrants’ Rights

Carlisle, PA (February 1, 2005) — According to Penn State Dickinson Professor Victor Romero, immigration has been unfairly linked to terrorism since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. Romero, an immigrant himself, hopes to create an understanding of how the Constitution unfairly affects non-citizens in his new book Alienated: Immigrant Rights, The Constitution, and Equality in America (NYU Press), scheduled for release on February 18. (Read more about Alienated.)

Through a blend of personal experience and years of research on immigrants’ rights, Romero advocates an equality-based reading of the Constitution. “I live these issues,” said Romero, a naturalized Filipino American who arrived in the U.S. at age 19. “We don’t think about how non-citizens are treated. We take it for granted.”

Romero’s book is being published as the 55th book in the Critical America series of the New York University Press. “It’s an honor to be included in such a wonderful series,” said Romero.

As a professor of law at Penn State Dickinson, Romero teaches several courses in addition to Immigration Law, including Constitutional Law, Equal Protection and Civil Rights, and Race, Racism and American Law. He is also president of the South Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the ACLU and has served as president of the NAACP of the Greater Carlisle Area. A list of Romero’s other publications is available on his website at http://www.dsl.psu.edu/faculty/romero.cfm.

To purchase a copy of Alienated, visit www.nyupress.org or www.amazon.com.