Professor Wadhia to discuss book, immigration law at two Emory Law events

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. –Penn State Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia will discuss her book Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases on Feb. 10 in Atlanta as part of a continuing legal education luncheon sponsored by the Emory Law Journal, the Immigration Law Society, and LexisNexis. The luncheon begins at noon at Emory University School of Law.

On Feb. 11, as part of Emory Law Journal’s 2016 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium, Wadhia will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Transnational Tensions and National Security: Immigration, Domestic Terrorism, and Cross-Border Security.” The discussion will revolve around Syrian refugees, immigration enforcement, and 9/11. Co-panelists with Wadhia include professors from Emory Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, the University of Utah College of Law, and Washington & Lee University School of Law.

Beyond Deportation, published by NYU Press, is the first book to comprehensively describe the history, theory, and application of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law. It provides a rich history of the role of prosecutorial discretion in the immigration system and unveils the powerful role it plays in protecting individuals from deportation and saving the government resources.  

Wadhia is Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Penn State Law.  Her work identifies the historical role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law, the extent to which some acts of discretion operate as a benefit, and the dynamic role and need for transparency, sound procedures, and accountability.