Immigration Law Resources

Lexis Immigration Database / LexisNexis Area of Practice Guide

[Note: Where the title is a hyperlink, the full text is generally available online by following that link. ]

8 United Stated Code / Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality / Subchapter II — Immigration, sections 1151—1381

Summary of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions Under Current Law from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has affidavit-of-support information.

Article by Charles Wheeler, The New Affidavit of Support and Sponsorship Requirements [74 Interpreter Releases 1581 (1997)] (5th Stacks - JK1751 .C55 vol. 74)

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AILA's Asylum Primer : a practical guide to U.S. asylum law and procedure, 5th ed. (Course Reserve Musalo, Circ. Desk - KF4836 G47 2010)

Asylum Case Law Sourcebook : master index and case abstracts for U.S. court decisions
KF4836.A53 A89 or search the caselaw sourcebook on Westlaw Database: Asylum Case Law Sourcebook

Bender's Immigration and Nationality Act Service (Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6)

Bender's Immigration Bulletin and Bender's Immigration Case Reporter [Alternative title: Immigration law and procedure reporter ] (Current at Research Alcove, previous in 5th Stacks KF4815 .I41) Lexis Database: Bender's Immigration Bulletin

Bender's Immigration Regulations Service [Alternative Title: Immigration law and procedure] (Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6) Lexis Database: Bender's Immigration Regulations Service Lexis Database: Bender's Immigration Regulations Service

Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions

Lexis Database: Federal Immigration Agency Decisions & Westlaw Database - Federal Immigration Agency Decisions

Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Deskbook [BALCA Deskbook] (5th Stacks - KF4829 .A56 D48, Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6 vol. 13) (NOT CURRENT) Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Deskbook

Board of Immigration Appeals Administrative Decisions
and Board of Immigration Appeals Interim Decisions

can be found in:

Administrative decisions under immigration & nationality laws
(5th Stacks - KF4821 .A55) Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Board of Immigration Appeals' Administrative Decisions

Board of Immigration Appeals Non-Precedent Decisions [Contains selected Non-Precedent Decisions from the BIA & AAU]Lexis Database: Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) & AAU Non-Precedent Decisions

Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual and Questions and Answers (5th Stacks - KF4819.U548 B63 1999) Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual

Board of Immigration Appeals Precedent Decisions Virtual Law Library: Attorney General and BIA Precedent Decisions and Lexis Database: Immigration Precedent Decisions

Code of Federal Regulations [C.F.R.]
(4th Floor - Micrographics, 4th Stacks- KF70 .A32 , Lexis Database: Federal Register and CFR - Immigration and Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Code of Federal Regulations).

Dictionary of Occupational Titles [D.O.T.] Lexis Database: Dictionary of Occupational Titles Westlaw Database: Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Federal Register [F.R.] (4th Floor - Micrographics, 4th Stacks - KF70 .A2, Lexis Database: Federal Register and CFR - Immigration and Westlaw: Federal Immigration - Federal Register)

Foreign Affairs Manual [From the State Department (all of Vol. 9 and selected sections of Vol. 7)] (Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6 vols. 17-19 , Westlaw Database: Foreign Affairs Manual)

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H-1B Handbook [forms] (Research Alcove - KF4829 .F74 and Westlaw Database: H-1B Handbook).

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996[IIRIRA] (4th Floor - Micrographics - KF261.H44 .U19 # 29)

Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.]
Various locations in the Library Westlaw Database: Immigration and Nationality Act

Immigration and Nationality Law : cases and materials (Circ. Desk, Course Reserve Boswell - KF4818 .B65 2000).

Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook [2 volumes; 2003/04 is latest received] (5th Stacks - KF4819.A2 A415)

Immigration and the Law : a dictionary (5th Stacks - KF4817 .H56 1999)

Immigration Briefings (Current at Circ. Desk, previous in 5th Stacks - KF4802 .I463) Westlaw Database: Immigration Briefings

Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook : how to comply with immigration reporting requirements when hiring new employees (5th Stacks - KF4819 .F722 1999) Westlaw Database: Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook

Immigration Fundamentals : a guide to law and practice [with updates]

(Research Alcove - KF4819 .F725 1996) Westlaw Database: Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice

Immigration Law and Business [with updates] (Research Alcove - KF4819 .F7 1983) Westlaw Database: Immigration Law and Business

Immigration Law and Defense [with updates] (Research Alcove - KF8925.E4 N37 1987) Westlaw Database: Immigration and Nationality Act

Immigration Law and Procedure (Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6 ) Lexis Database: Immigration Law & Procedure

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell [5th ed.] (Circulation Desk - KF4819.3 .W4 2005).

Immigration Law and Procedure Reporter [vols. 1-10] (5th Stacks - KF4815 .I41)

Immigration Law Service [Analysis] Westlaw Database: Immigration Law Service 2d

Immigration law handbook ( 5th Stacks - KD4134 .P43 2005)

Immigration Legislation Handbook [2008 is latest received] (latest in Research Alcove; older in 5th Stacks - KF4819 .I49) Westlaw Database: Immigration Legislation Handbook

Immigration Procedures Handbook [2008 is latest received] (latest in Research Alcove; older in 5th Stacks - KF4819 .F72) Westlaw Database: Immigration Procedures Handbook

INS Basic Law Manual [Basic Law Manual: U.S. Law and INS Refugee/Asylum Adjudications] (5th Stacks - KF4836 .A85 1995)

INS General Counsel Opinions Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - General Counsel Opinions

INS Operations Manual Lexis Database: Operations Instructions of the INS & Westlaw Database: INS Operations Instructions

Interpreter Releases; an information service on immigration, naturalization and related problems (5th Stacks - JK1751 .C55) Westlaw Database: Interpreter Releases

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Judicial Opinions of state and federal cases
Various locations in the Library Lexis Database: Federal Immigration Cases and Agency Decisions & Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Cases

Law of Asylum in the United States, 3rd ed. with 2002 supp. (Circ. Desk, Course Reserve Musalo - KF4836 .A53 1999)

Occupational Outlook Handbook [O.O.H.] (6th Floor - L 2.3/4) Lexis Database: Lexis Database: Occupational Outlook Handbook & Westlaw Database: Occupational Outlook Handbook).

Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Decisions [OCAHO] (5th Stacks - KF4821.A755 & Electronic Resources - USDOJ, ) Lexis Database: Federal Immigration Agency Decisions Database & Westlaw Database: Federal Immigration - Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer

Refugee Law and Policy(Circ. Desk, Course Reserve Musalo - KF4836.A7 M87 2002 )

Student & Tourist Visas : how to come to the U.S. (Reference Desk - KF4827.Z9 B73 2001)

Technical Assistance Guide - Department of Labor Guide No. 656 (Research Alcove - KF4819 .G6 vol. 13, Westlaw version).

Understanding the 1996 Immigration Act (5th Stacks - KF4819.3 .U53 1997).

UNHCR Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status

[Note: To obtain the following and related documents, you can search the Immigration Law & Procedure - United Nations Documents/Treaties database in LexisNexis.

Or follow the links, the UN has these documents available online. ]

United Nations Documents Relating to Refugees - Convention Related to the Status of Refugees

United Nations Documents Relating to Refugees - Protocol Related to the Status of Refugees

United Nations Documents Relating to Refugees - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United States Code (with annotations) [U.S.C.A. or U.S.C.S.]

(4th Floor Reading Room - KF62 .U5 or 4th Stacks - KF62 1972 .L38) Lexis Database: USCS Immigration , Westlaw Database: United States Code Annotated

United States Immigration Laws : working, living, and studying in America [2nd ed.]

(5th Stacks, Library use only - KF4800.Z9 M85 1999)

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics (2004)

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Last updated September 12, 2009 by FCIL Librarian