Juan Crow
Juan Crow is a neologism used to describe a type of law or policy related to enforcement of immigration statutes in the United States. The term was coined in 2008 by journalist Robert Lovato, and it compares immigration laws to Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation and kept blacks as an underclass.
Certain laws in Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia have been considered Juan Crow laws.
California's Proposition 187 was considered a Juan Crow law by immigration activists. It required citizenship screening of residents and denied social services like health care and public education to illegal immigrants.
