Immigration:  U.S. Laws and Regulations

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Laws

Title 8 of the United States Code, Aliens and Nationality, sections 1 - 1646.

  Available online via GPO Access, http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html

T. Alexander Aleinikoff et al., eds., Immigration and Nationality Laws: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms. St. Paul: West Group, 1999.

 A paperback edition of selected immigration statutes and excerpts from the Code of Federal Regulations; selected forms.

Bender's Immigration and Nationality Act Service. New York:
Matthew Bender, 1999.
 Looseleaf service with index, updated periodically. Includes
immigration statutes, Title 8 of the United States Code.

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Regulations

Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Aliens and Nationality, sections 1- 499.

  Available online via GPO Access, http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

T. Alexander Aleinikoff et al., eds., Immigration and Nationality Laws: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms. St. Paul: West Group, 1999.

  A paperback edition of selected immigration statutes and excerpts from the Code of Federal Regulations; selected forms.

Bender's Immigration Regulations Service. New York: Matthew Bender, 1994 -- 

  Two-volume looseleaf. Vol. 1 contains INS Regulations; Vol. 2 includes regulations from the State, Labor and Justice Departments, the United States Information Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Recent Immigration Statutes
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, 1996 (P.L. 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009)

  Authorized additional Border Patrol agents;  expanded definition of aggravated felony, basis for removal; increased penalties for document fraud and smuggling.

Immigration Act, 1990 (P.L. 101-649; 104 Stat. 4978)

  Revised numerical limits and immigration preference system.

Immigration Reform and Control Act, 1986 (P.L. 99-603; 100 Stat. 3359)
  Imposed employer sanctions; amnesty extended to many undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments, 1965 (P.L. 89-236; 79 Stat. 911)
  Repealed national origins quota system; immigration based instead on family reunification and needed skills.

For the text of additional laws, see Public Laws Amending the INA:  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/lawsregs/. For a discussion of Congressional action on immigration reform, 1965-1996, see Gimpel and Edwards, The Congressional politics of immigration reform (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1999).

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