'These Are Animals' Has Quickly Become American Doctrine — And That’s Dangerous

Authors

Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Boston University School of LawFollow

Author granted license

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-31-2018

Publisher

Cognoscenti

Language

en-US

Abstract

The “animals” I’ve represented as an immigration attorney are middle school students, home health aides, hairdressers and restaurant workers. My clients like Harry Potter, club soccer and seeing their first snowfall. When President Trump called immigrants “animals” recently, I immediately thought of my client who, for privacy reasons, I’ll call Denis.

Recommended Citation

Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, 'These Are Animals' Has Quickly Become American Doctrine — And That’s Dangerous , in Cognoscenti (2018).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/114

Publisher URL

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/05/31/trump-animals-immigrants-ms13-sarah-sherman-stokes