Abstract
crimes, whether they be in this country legally or illegally. In recent years, Congress and the states have responded to public concern about immigrant crime with a series of legislative programs and enforcement projects. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), which became law on April 24, 1996, and the immigration bills currently pending before Congress, are only the latest examples of these undertakings. Given the complexity of the issues, and the passions stirred by them, one may reasonably question the Congress's ability to address them in a coherent and rational manner in an election year. This special Issue of FSR seeks to shine some light on this rapidly changing field of law?a field that has too long been neglected by most mainstream federal practitioners. The observations of the Issue's participants?prosecutors, academics, and defense attorneys?suggest that this shadowy area of the law deserves, at minimum, detailed attention and considerable reform.
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