IMMIGRATION RESOURCES
Sources of Law - Brief Overview
Statutory
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1790-Naturalization Act
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1881-Chinese Exclusion Act
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1952-lmmigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act) (INA)
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1965-Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act
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1980-Refugee Act
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1986-lmmigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
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1986-lmmigration Marriage Fraud Amendments (IMFA)
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1990-lmmigration Act
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1996-Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)
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1996-lllegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA)
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2000-American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21)
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2001-USA Patriot Act
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2005-REAL ID Act
Regulatory-Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
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Section 8 - BIA
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Sections 20, 28 - DOL
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Section 22 - DOS
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Section 42 - HHS
Case Law
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AAO -Administrative Appeals Office
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BALCA- Board of Labor Certification Appeals
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BIA Decisions - precedent, index and non-precedent
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Circuit Courts Decisions
Agency Memoranda and Cables
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DOL Field Guidance (TAL)
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DOS Cables
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Field Manuals - Inspectors, Adjudications
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Foreign Affairs Manual
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Immigration Judges Manual
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Instructions to Forms
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USCIS Memos, Press Releases
Immigration Academic Journals
Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
International Journal of Refugee Law
International Migration Review
Journal of American Ethnic History
Journal of Asian American Studies
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Journal of International Migration and Integration
Population Research and Policy Review
Population and Development Review
Notable Immigration Cases
Asylum and Refugee Matters
Damaize-Job v. INS
Fatin v. INS
INS v. Elias-Zacarias
Matter of Acosta
Matter of Carballe
Matter of Izatula
Matter of Kasinga
Matter of Toboso-Alfonso
Sale v. Haitian Centers Council
Sanchez-Trujillo v. INS
Business Immigration Matters
Industrial Holographics v. Donovan
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen v. Meese
Karmali v. INS
Matter of Artee Corporation
Matter of Marion Graham
Nice v. Turnage
Constitutional and Habeas Corpus Matters
Boumediene v. Bush
Chae Chang Ping v. United States (The Chinese Exclusion Case)
Clark v. Martinez
Demore v. Hyung Joon Kim
Ekiu v. United States
Fong Yue Ting v. United States
Francis v. INS
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy
INS v. Chadha
Munaf v. Green
Rasul v. Bush
Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei
Yamataya v. Fisher (The Japanese Immigrant Case)
Zadvydas v. Davis
Education Nonimmigration Matters
Sheku-Kamara v. Karn
Family Immigration Matters
Adams v. Howerton
Matter of Mourillon
Moss v. INS
Immigration Procedure Matters
Florida Bar v. Matus
Hermina Sague v. United States
International and Comparative Migration Matters
Islam v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (United Kingdom)
T.I. v. United Kingdom (European Convention, Germany, United Kingdom)
Naturalization and Citizenship Matters
In re Petition for Naturalization of Vafaei-Makhsoos
Kungys v. United States
Vance v. Terrazas
Removal, Crime, and "Crimmigration" Matters
Aguilera-Enriquez v. INS
Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan
Hee Yung Ahn v. INS
INS v. Jong Ha Wang
INS v. Lopez-Mendoza
INS v. St. Cyr
Leocal v. Ashcroft
Linnas v. INS
Marciano v. INS
Matter of Ching and Chen
Matter of Lozada
People v. Pozo
Rosenberg v. Fleuti
United States v. Parrino
Woodby v. INS
Tourism Nonimmigration
Matter of Healy and Goodchild
Undocumented Migration
Plyler v. Doe
Commercial, Trade + Labor Organizations
Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform
Agriculture Workforce Coalition
Alliance for American Manufacturing
American Association of Manufacturers
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Asian American Business Development Center
Change to Win - Strategic Organizing Center
Change to Win - Uniting Workers for a Better America
Compete America - The Alliance for a Competitive Workforce
Federation of American Scientists
Global Workers Justice Alliance
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (Legal Process Outsourcing)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses
National Association of Manufacturers
National Federation of Independent Business
Service Employees International Union
United Farm Workers of American
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Congressional Research Service Immigration Reports
CRS Report for Congress - Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border
CRS Report for Congress - Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues
CRS Report for Congress - Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
CRS Report for Congress - Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements
CRS Report for Congress - Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens
CRS Report for Congress - Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues
CRS Report for Congress - Nonimmigrant Overstays
CRS Report for Congress - Protecting Our Perimeter: "Border Searches" Under the Fourth Amendment
CRS Report for Congress - U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions
CRS Report for Congress - U.S. Immigration Policy on Temporary Admissions
CRS Report for Congress - Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Estimates Since 1986
CRS Report for Congress - Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation
CRS Report RL31727 - "Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress" (May 22, 2003).
CRS Report RS21698 - "Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" (January 2, 2004).
CRS Report RL31512 - "Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation (February 11, 2004).
CRS Report RL32369 - "Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues" (April 28, 2004).
CRS Report RL31727 - "Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress" (May 18, 2004).
CRS Report RL32399 - "Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues" (May 26, 2004).
CRS Report RL32799 - "Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006" (March 14, 2005).
CRS Report RL32564 - "Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion of Aliens" (March 30, 2005).
CRS Report RL32621 - "U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers" (May 5, 2005).
CRS Report RL33125 - "Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress" (October 17, 2005).
CRS Report RL33351 - "Immigration Enforcement Within the United States" (April 6, 2006).
CRS Report RL33353 - "Civilian Patrols Along the Border: Legal and Policy Issues" (April 7, 2006).
CRS Report RL32701 - "The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States" (May 5, 2006).
CRS Report RL33345 - "Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2007" (October 10, 2006).
CRS Report RL32480 - "Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity" (October 23, 2006).
CRS Report RS22523 - "Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution" (October 31, 2006).
CRS Report RS21729 - "U.S. International Borders: Brief Facts" (November 9, 2006).
CRS Report RL33125 - "Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress" ( December 7, 2006).
CRS Report 95-307 SPR - "U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview" (January 24, 2007).
CRS Report RS22423 - "Immigration Statistics on the Web" (March 6, 2007).
CRS Report RS22026 - "Border Security: The San Diego Fence" (May 23, 2007).
CRS Report RL30545 - "Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress" (June 20, 2007).
CRS Report RS22574 - "Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue" (August 23, 2007).
CRS Report RL34048 - "Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2008" (September 20, 2007).
CRS Report 95-717 - "Federal Tort Claims Act" (December 11, 2007).
CRS Report RS22802 - "Passports: Current Regulations" (February 5, 2008).
CRS Report RL34493 - "Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options" (May 15, 2008).
CRS Report RL34556 - "Health Care for Noncitizens in Immigration Detention" (June 27, 2008).
CRS Report RL34091 - "Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches" (July 31, 2008).
CRS Report RL32562 - "Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol" (November 20, 2008).
CRS Report RL34204 - "Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress" (December 10, 2008).
CRS Report RL34511 - "Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer" (February 7, 2009).
CRS Report RS21899 - "Border Security: Key Agencies and Their Missions" (April 9, 2009).
CRS Report RL34448 - "Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009" (May 22, 2009).
CRS Report RL34454 - "Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer" (May 27, 2009).
CRS Report RL34539 - "The U.S. Science and Technology Workforce" (June 30, 2009).
CRS Report RL34317 - "Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress" (July 2, 2009).
CRS Report RL32235 - "U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions" (July 20, 2009).
Immigration Films
"A Day Without a Mexican" (2004)
"Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants" (2001)
"...And the Pursuit of Happiness" (1986)
"Breaking and Entering" (2006)
"Calais: The Last Border" (2003)
"Catfish in Black Bean Sauce" (1999)
"Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart" (1985)
"Eve and the Fire Horse" (2005)
"Everything is Illuminated" (2005)
"Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary" (1997)
"House of Sand and Fog" (2003)
"La Tragedia de Macario" (2005)
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002)
"Real Women Have Curves" (2002)
"Secrets of Silicon Valley" (2001)
"Stranger Than Paradise" (1984)
"The Accidental Husband" (2008)
"The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam" (2005)
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (2005)
"Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary" (2005)
"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" (1987)
Immigration Music
"America," Neil Diamond
"Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant," Wyclef Jean
"Immigrant Song," Led Zeppelin
"Immigration Man," Crosby and Nash
Notable Immigrants
Iman Abdulmajid, Somolia, Model, Actress, and Business Executive
Madeline Albright, Czech Republic, Politician
Isabel Allende, Chile, Author
Mario Andretti, Italy, Athlete
George Balanchine, Russia, Performing Arts
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russia, Ballet Dancer
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
Irving Berlin, Russia, Composer and Songwriter
Hans Bethe, Germany, Nobel Physicist
Jagdish Bhagwati, India, Professor
Amar Bose, India, Electrical Engineer
Sergey Brin, Entrepreneur
Frances X. Cabrini, Humanitarian and Social Worker, First U.S. Citizen to be Canonized by the Catholic Church
Frank Capra, Italy, Film Director and Producer
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, Scientist and Nobel Laureate
Charles Chaplin, Great Britain, Film Director and Actor
Liz Claiborne, Belgium, Arts and Business
Kenneth B. Clark, Psychologist
Andre Codrescu, Bulgaria, Poet
Claudette Colbert, France, Film Actress
Celia Cruz, Singer ("Queen of Salsa")
Xavier Cugat, Spain / Cuba, Entertainer
Karl Dane, Denmark, Film
Edwidge Danticat, Haiti, Author
Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republic, Fashion Designer
Marlene Dietrich, Actress and Singer
Placido Domingo, Spain, Opera Singer
Albert Einstein, Germany, Scientist and Nobel Laureate in Physics
Jaime Escalante, Bolivia, Educator
Gloria Estefan, Cuba, Pop Singer
Patrick Ewing, Jamaica, Athlete
Father Edward Flanagan, Ireland, Catholic Priest and Political Activist
Michael J. Fox, Canada, Actor and Stem Cell Research Activist
Max Frankel, Germany, Newspaper Editor
Felix Frankfurter, Austria, Legal Scholar and U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Solomon Carter Fuller, First African-American Psychiatrist
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canada, Economist
Greta Garbo, Sweden, Film Actress
Andy Garcia, Cuba, Actor
Kahlil Gibran, Lebanon, Author
Samuel Goldwyn, Poland, Film Producer
Arshile Gorky, Armenia, Artist and Painter
Andrew Grove, Hungary, Entrepreneur (Intel)
Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary of the Treasury
David Ho, Taiwan, Medical and Scientific Research
Bob Hope, Great Britain, Entertainer
John Paul Jones, American Naval Officer
Eric R. Kandel, Nobel Laureate in Medicine
Elia Kazan, Turkey, Film and Theater Writer and Director
Henry Kissinger, Germany, Politics and Diplomacy
Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Angela Lansbury, Great Britain, Actress
William A. Leidesdorff, Businessman and First African-American Diplomat
Max Levchin, Entrepreneur
Yo-Yo Ma, France, Concert Cellist
Elon Musk, Entrepreneur
Satya Nadella, India, Computer Science and Business
Mike Nichols, Germany, Film and Stage Director
Luke Nosek, Entrepreneur
Joseph Pulitzer, Journalist and Newspaper Publisher
Michael Pupin, Physicist and Inventor
Knute Rockne, American Football Player and Coach
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, Bodybuilder, Actor, Politician
Maria Sharapova, Russia, Athlete
M. Night Shyamalan, India, Filmmaker
Dalip Singh Saund, First Asian-American U.S. Congressman
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Russia, Author
Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic, Athlete
Lee Strasberg, Austria-Hungary, Performing Arts
Levi Strauss, Bavaria, Business
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Bjarne Stroustrup, Denmark, Inventor
Peter Thiel, Entrepreneur
Billy Wilder, Austria-Hungary, Film Director, Writer, Producer
Immigration + Legal Organizations
Academy of Business Immigration Lawyers
American Immigration Lawyers Association
American Immigration Law Foundation
American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
American Bar Association Commission on Immigration - Immigration Justice Project
American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice: Immigration Committee
American Bar Association Section of International Law: Immigration and Naturalization Committee
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law: Immigration Law Committee
American Bar Association Section of Litigation: Immigration Litigation Committee
American Civil Liberties Union - Immigrants Rights
American Council on International Personnel
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Family Immigration History Center
Americans for Immigration Control Foundation
Ayuda
Break the Chain Foundation
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Center for Community Change - Fair Immigration Reform Movement
Center for Immigration Studies
Compete America - The Alliance for a Competitive Workforce
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Coalition
Immigration Law and Policy Association of the University of Maryland School of Law
Immigration Lawyers on the Web
International Refugee Committee
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force
Mayors and County Executives for Immigration Reform
National Council of La Raza
National Immigrant Justice Center
National Immigration Law Center
Polaris Project
SOS Boat People
The National Consortium of Immigration Law Firms
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Yana Place, Inc.
Immigration Political Action Committees
Immigration Statutes + Regulations
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Administrative Procedures Act
Balfour Declaration of 1917 / 1922
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 6 - Homeland Security (USDHS)
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20 - Employees' Benefits (USSSA, USDOL)
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 22 - Foreign Relations (USDOS)
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28 - Judicial Administration (USDOJ)
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42 - Public Health (USDHHS)
Immigration and Nationality Act (USC - United States Code - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality)
Immigration and Nationality Act (USC - United States Code - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality) - 8 USC Conversion Table
Immigration and Nationality Act (USC - United States Code - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality) - Asylum: § 208 (8 USC § 1377)
Immigration Consultants Act (Unauthorized Practice of Law)
INA Amendments of 1965
National Origins Act of 1924
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)
United Nations Convention Against Torture
USC - United States Code - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality (INA - Immigration and Nationality Act)
USC - United States Code - Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality - Reports Not Codified in the INA
Public Laws Amending the
Immigration + Nationality Act
Pub. L. 99-603 - Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Pub. L. 100-102 - Amerasian Immigration
Pub. L. 101-649 - Immigration Act of 1990
Pub. L. 102-232 - Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991
Pub. L. 102-395 - The Judiciary Appropriations Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103-415 - Technical and Conforming Amendments
Pub. L. 103-416 - Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994
Pub. L. 104-51 - Immigration and Nationality Act; Amendment
Pub. L. 104-132 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-208 - Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104-302 - Extend the authorized period of stay within the United States for certain nurses
Pub. L. 105-46 - Continuing Appropriations, 1998
Pub. L. 105-85 - National Defense Authorization Act, 1998
Pub. L. 105-100 - Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act
Pub. L. 105-139 - Technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act
Pub. L. 105-259 - Extension of Date of Development of Automated Entry-Exit Control System
Pub. L. 105-277 - Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations
Pub. L. 105-292 - International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-306 - Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-319 - Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-320 - Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105-332 - Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998
Pub. L. 106-95 - Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999
Pub. L. 106-120 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
Pub. L. 106-185 - Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-207 - Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-215 - Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-246 - Aiding Colombian Terrorists (Sec. 3205)
Pub. L. 106-279 - Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-311 - Fee Increase for the Employees of H-1B Non-immigrant Workers Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-313 - American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-378 - Adjustment of Status of Certain Syrian Nationals
Pub. L. 106-386 - Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-395 - Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-396 - Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act
Pub. L. 106-406 - International Patient Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-409 - Religious Workers Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-415 - Extension of Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-451 - Wartime Violation of Italian Americans Civil Liberties Act
Pub. L. 106-484 - Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106-554 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001
Pub. L. 106-570 - Assistance for International Malaria Control Act
Pub. L. 107-43 - United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act
Pub. L. 107-45 - To Provide Permanent Authority for the Admission of "S" Visa Nonimmigrants
Pub. L. 107-108 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
Pub. L. 107-125 - Provide Work Authorization for Nonimmigrant Spouses of Intracompany Transferees
Pub. L. 107-128 - Extend Pilot Program for Employment Eligibility Verification
Pub. L. 107-150 - Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107-173 - Enhanced Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107-208 - Child Status Protection Act
Pub. L. 107-234 - Extension of Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program
Pub. L. 107-258 - Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107-273 - 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act
Pub. L. 107-274 - Border Commuter Student Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107-296 - Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003
Pub. L. 108-77 - United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Pub. L. 108-78 - United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Pub. L. 108-90 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004
Pub. L. 108-99 - Extension of the Special Immigrant Religious Worker Program
Pub. L. 108-136 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
Pub. L. 108-156 - Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003
Pub. L. 108-177 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
Pub. L. 108-193 - Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
Pub. L. 108-199 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004
Pub. L. 108-390 - To improve the process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment
Pub. L. 108-441 - To improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas
Pub. L. 108-458 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
Pub. L. 109-13 - REAL ID ACT of 2005
Pub. L. 109-90 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006
Pub. L. 109-162 - Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109-163 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
Pub. L. 109-248 - Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109-270 - Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109-364 - John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Pub. L. 109-367 - Secure Fence Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109-423 - Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109-472 - Department of State Authorities Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109-477 - Physicians for Underserved Areas Act
United States Federal Agencies, Representative Bodies, Operations Manuals, Policy + Procedures Memoranda
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
Requests for Tax Return Transcripts
SSA - Social Security Administration
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
United States Foreign-Born Population
USDHHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration - Bureau of Health Professions - Shortage Designation
Office of Global Health Affairs
Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement Waiver
USDHS - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
USDHS - USCBP - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
USDHS - USCIS - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
California Service Center (CSC/WAC)
Case Status Service Online (CSSO)
Designated Civil Surgeon Locator
ELIS e-Filing (IOE)
National Benefits Center (NBC/MSC)
Nebraska Service Center (NSC/LIN)
Ombudsman
Potomac Service Center (YSC)
Texas Service Center (TSC/SRC)
Vermont Service Center (VSC/EAC)
USDHS - USICE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
USDOJ - U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL)
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices
USDOJ - OCIJ - Office of the Chief Immigration Judge
USDOJ - OCIJ - EOIR - Executive Office for Immigration Review
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Immigration Court Practice Manual (ICPM)
Immigration Judge Benchbook
Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO)
Operations Policies and Procedures Memoranda (OPPM)
USDOJ - OCIJ - EOIR - BIA - Board of Immigration Appeals
USDOL - U.S. Department of Labor
USDOL - BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC)
USDOL - ETA - Employment and Training Administration
Foreign Labor Certification Permanent Online System (PERM)
Foreign Labor Certification O*NET
Foreign Labor Certification Online Wage Library (OWL)
Foreign Labor Certification Processing Times and Backlog Centers
Labor Condition Application (LCA)
Labor Condition Application Occupational Codes
USDOL - OALJ - Office of Administrative Law Judges
Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA)
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
USDOS - U.S. Department of State
USDOS - BA - Bureau of Administration
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts
USDOS - BCA - Bureau of Consular Affairs
Visa Reciprocity and Country Documents Finder
Waiver of the J Visa Two-Year Foreign Resident Requirement, 212(e)
Waiver of the J Visa Two-Year Foreign Resident Requirement, 212(e) Case Status Online
USDOS - BDHRL - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
USDOS - BECA - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
USDOS - BPRM - Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
USDOS - ECFM - Embassies, Consulates, and Foreign Missions
USDOS - FAM - Foreign Affairs Manual
USDOS - OMCTP - Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
USDOS - VPP - Visa Policies and Procedures
USDVA - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement Waiver
USHOR - U.S. House of Representatives
USOPM - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Investigations Service - Citizenship Laws of the World
Intergovernmental Organizations
African Development Bank
African Union
Andean Community
Arctic Council
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asian Development Bank
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Bank for International Settlements
Caribbean Community and Common Market
Caribbean Export Development Agency
Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Central Bank for West African States
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
Commission for Labor Cooperation
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth, The
Community of Portuguese Speaking Nations
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest
Council of the Baltic Sea States
Council of Europe
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Central Bank
European Commission
European Court of Human Rights
European Free Trade Association
European Organization for Nuclear Research
European Union
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Group of Eight / G8
Group of Twenty / G20
Group of Seventy-Seven / G77
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents
Helsinki Commission
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-Governmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugee and Migration Policies
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Coffee Organization
International Criminal Police Organization / INTERPOL
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Labour Organization
International Maritime Organization
International Organization for Migration
International Trade Centre
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Islamic Development Bank Group
Latin American Integration Association
Latin Union
League of Arab States
Non-Aligned Movement, The
Nordic Council of Ministers
North American Development Bank
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Nuclear Energy Agency
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organization of American States
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
International Development Association
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Commission on International Trade Law / UNICTRAL
Conference on Trade and Development
Development Programme - Human Development Reports
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Global Commission on International Migration
High Commissioner for Human Rights
High Commissioner for Refugees
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Population Division
World Intellectual Property Organization
Legal Resources
American Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
American Law and Economics Association
American Society of International Law
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Central Intelligence Agency - World Factbook
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Human Rights First (formerly, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
International Institute for the Unificaton of Private Law
League of United Latin American Citizens
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
National Governors Association
North American Congress on Latin America
Oyez - United States Supreme Court Media
Regulations - Public Participation in Federal Rule-Making
The Center for American and International Law
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
United States Code, Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
United States Government Printing Office
United States Government Printing Office - Congressional Research Service
United States Public and Private Laws
University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center
Washington Office on Latin America
Legal Scholarship
Aquinas, Thomas, Natural Law
ALI - American Law Institute of 1923
Model Code of Criminal Procedure of 1930, American / Criminal Law
Model Code of Evidence, American Law
Model Code of Federal Securities (Tentative), American Law
Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure, American Law
Model Land Development Code, American Law
Model Penal (and Correctional) Code of 1962 / 1980 / 1985, American / Common-Civil / Criminal Law
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