Part of a series of University of Dayton faculty experts on the 2012 election. Visit www.udayton.edu/news/election2012. Assistant professor of sociology Jamie Longazel talks about Ohio and immigration: A critique of how both parties discuss immigration. Is comprehensive immigration reform possible? What is the danger in pro-immigration policies? Bio: Jamie Longazel researches the local and national politics of immigration as well as other issues pertaining to race, law, and crime. He is currently investigating the politics surrounding local immigration laws such as those in Alabama, Arizona, South Carolina and Hazleton, Pa. Longazel earned his Ph.D. at the University of Delaware and was previously a doctoral fellow at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. His work has been published in the Chicano/a Latino/a Law Review, Journal of Criminal Justice, Race & Justice, Taking Local Control, an edited volume about state and local immigration policy published by Stanford Universi! ty Press. A perennial battleground state, Ohio is a must-win on the road to the White House. No Republican has ever won the election without carrying the Buckeye State, and a Democrat has only won twice without Ohio in the last 116 years. For insight on Battleground Ohio, look no further than the University of Dayton. Our faculty are available for media interviews on a wide range of topics sure to be hot this 2012 election cycle: The economy, immigration, environmental policy, polls, campaigns, voting ...
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