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16 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 169 (2013)
Birth Certificate Challenges for Children of Immigrants: Unintended Consequences of anti-Immigrant Restrictionism

handle is hein.journals/hllr16 and id is 175 raw text is: BIRTH CERTIFICATE CHALLENGES FOR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT RESTRICTIONISM Gavriela M. Bogin-Farber* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................. 170 I. BACKGROUND ........................................... 173 A. How the birth registration and birth certificate amendment processes operate ...................... 173 B. Difficulties in birth registration and birth certificate amendment have serious consequences ...... ......... 175 II. CASE STUDIES ........................................... 177 A . Esperanza .......................................... 178 B . A gustina ............................................ 178 C . R osa ................................................ 181 D . C ecile ....................... ...................... 182 E. D em be.............................................. 183 III. REASONS FOR BIRTH CERTIFICATE INACCURACIES .......... 185 IV. PRACTICAL PROPOSALS To EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM ............................................... 189 A. Understanding the issue . .......................... 189 B. Addressing the issue ............................. 189 CONCLUSION.................................................... 192 * Parmet Fellow at Health Law Advocates, Inc., 2012-13; J.D., Northeastern University School of Law; B.A., Johns Hopkins University. I would like to thank Elliot Schwab, Marisa Taney, and the rest of the Editorial Board of Volume XVI of the Harvard Latino Law Review. I would also like to thank the following people for assisting me in my research and for being kind enough to respond to my queries: Paulina Baca, Eduardo Beckett, Chris Benoit, Jonathan Blazer, Jamye Boone Ward, Jia Min Cheng, West Cosgrove, MaryAnn Crea, Christina Garcia, Elvia Garcia, Ruben Garcia, Stephanie Gharakhanian, Krystal Gomez, Deborah Lee, Jennifer Levi, Madlyn Morreale, Jeffrey S. Passel, Richard Renner, Jessica Rocha, Anne Ryan, Claire Sabino, Jeannine Sato, Michael Seifert, Barbara Siegel, Carmina Tessitore, Shalini Thomas, Jillian Tuck, and Hope Williams. Special thanks to Professor Rachel Rosenbloom, Anne E. Gillespie, Maximillian J. Bodoin, Lauren W. Herman, and Rebekah J. Knapp, without whom this Note would not have been possible.

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