Biography attorney general alberto gonzalez

A thorough exploration and compassionate solutions to current U.S. immigration policy
 
Although the United States is a nation founded by immigrants, Alberto Gonzales and David Strange believe that national immigration policy and enforcement over the past thirty years has been inadequate. This failure by federal leaders has resulted in a widespread introduction of state immigration laws across the country. Gonzales and Strange assert that the solution to current immigration challenges is reform of federal immigration laws, including common sense border control, tougher workplace enforcement, minor (but significant) changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act, and a revised visa process that discourages overstaying the duration of a visa.

Gonzales and Strange embrace many provisions of current pending legislation, but are sharply critical of others. Their proposals call for an expansion of the grounds of inadmissibility to foster greater respect of law and to address the p

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Alberto Gonzales

80th United States Attorney General

Biography

Alberto R. Gonzales, (born Aug. 4, 1955, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.), American lawyer, judge, and attorney general of the United States (2005–07), the first Hispanic to occupy the post.

Gonzales, the son of Mexican migrant workers who spoke little English, was raised in Houston, Texas. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force (1973) and then studied at the U.S. Air Force Academy (1975–77). He received a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1979 from Rice University and then attended Harvard University, where he earned a law grad in 1982. That year he joined a private law firm in Houston, where he practiced business law for 13 years.

In 1995 Gonzales became legal counsel to Texas Governor George W. Bush, and he later served as Texas sekreterare of state (1997–99) and as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court (1999–2001). After Bush became president in 2001, Gonz

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Alberto R. Gonzales

Alberto R. Gonzales, Presidential Powers, Immunities, and Pardons, 96 Wash. U. L. Rev. 4 (2018). | SSRN

Alberto R. Gonzales & Donald Q. Cochran, Police Worn Body Cameras: An Antidote To The 'Ferguson Effect'?, 82 MISSOURI L. REV. 299 (2017). | SSRN

Alberto R. Gonzales & Leigh Griffith, Challenges of Multi-State Series and Framework for Judicial Analysis, 42 IOWA J. CORP. L. 101 (2017). | SSRN

Alberto R. Gonzales & Leigh Griffith, Series LLCs Part 2 – Current Status, Multi-State Issues and Potential Uniform Limited Liability Company Protected Series Act (April 2017), TAXES – THE TAX MAGAZINE, 27-44, 2017. | SSRN

Alberto R. Gonzales & Leigh Griffith, Series LLCs Part 1—Current Status, Multi-State Issues and Potential Uniform Limited Liability Company Protected Series Act (October 2016). TAXES - THE TAX MAGAZINE, 57-70, 2016. | SSRN

Alberto R. Gonzales,