Immigration:
Practitioners' Materials
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American
Immigration Lawyers Association/AILA. Immigration and nationality law
handbook. Washington, D.C.: American Immigration Lawyers
Association, 1991--
Two volumes, revised annually. The first volume is Immigration Basics.
The second, Advanced Practice, covers narrower topics in more
detail. Articles are written by practicing attorneys and/or law teachers.
For additional AILA publications, see http://www.aila.org.
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Janet
H. Cheetham et al., eds., Immigration practice and procedure under the
North American Free Trade Agreement. 2d ed. Washington, DC : American
Immigration Lawyers Association, 2000.
Discusses the immigration provisions of the NAFTA; covers practical
aspects of moving individuals among Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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Robert
C. Divine, Immigration practice. Huntington, N.Y.: Juris
Publishing Inc., 2002.
One volume coverage of immigration law, includes checklists, appendices.
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Austin
T. Fragomen et al., H-1B handbook. St. Paul: West Group, 2001.
Paperback, revised regularly. Includes information about application and
processing for the nonimmigrant category of foreign workers coming
temporarily to the United States to perform services in specialty
occupations.
Austin
T. Fragomen, Immigration fundamentals: a guide to law and
practice. 4th ed. New York: Practising Law Institute,
1996.
One volume looseleaf. Chapter titles include Entry into the United
States, Employment-based immigration, Family-sponsored
immigration, etc.
Austin
T. Fragomen,
Immigration law and business. St. Paul: West Group, 1983 --
Three-volume looseleaf, updated periodically. Focus is on the petition and
application process. Includes substantial appendices and sample forms,
tables of laws and rules, cases and a topical index.
Austin
T. Fragomen,
Immigration procedures handbook. St. Paul: West Group, 2001.
Annual paperback, with annual supplement. Guide to immigration procedures,
arranged by visa category. Includes appendices and forms.
Austin
T. Fragomen,
Labor certification handbook. St. Paul: West Group, 2001.
Annual paperback. A guide to labor certification procedures, which
categories of aliens need it and which do not, procedures to obtain it,
the role of State Employment Security Agencies/SESA, and a directory of
SESA and Department of Labor offices.
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Charles
Gordon et al., Immigration law and procedure. New York: Matthew
Bender, 1966 --
Multivolume looseleaf; reproduces Deskbook, BACLA, Foreign Affairs Manual,
etc. Parts are I) Court Decisions, Administrative Decisions (BIA,
Administrative Appeals Unit, Labor Certification (BACLA); A: Bulletin
(monthly), B: Primary Source Materials: Statutes and Regulations, C:
Practice Materials, Forms. Includes legislation supplements, e.g., 1996:
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
section by section summary.
Charles Gordon, Immigration law and procedure -- Desk ed. New York: Matthew
Bender, 1980.
An abbreviated version of Gordon, Immigration
law and procedure
[see above for description of the multivolume looseleaf].
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Bill
Ong Hing, Handling immigration cases, 2d ed. New York: Wiley
Law Publishers, 1995. 2000 supplement.
Law and procedure, strategy and forms. A practical guide arranged
according to issues facing the immigration attorney: aliens seeking to
enter, removal, citizenship, representing aliens in nonimmigration
matters, etc.
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Sarah
B. Ignatius and Elisabeth S. Stickney, Immigration law and the family.
St. Paul: West Group, 1995 --
Family sponsored visa preference system, special aspects of family
immigration.
Immigration
briefings. St. Paul: Westgroup, 1991 --
Published
monthly. Each issue is devoted to a single immigration topic.
Immigration law and defense, 3rd
ed. St. Paul: West, 1988 -
By the Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, a two-volume
looseleaf with supplements. Covers major aspects of immigration law.
Immigration law service.
St. Paul: West Group, 1985 --
Chapters 1-35 cover the immigration and naturalization process
step-by-step; Chapters 36-end are arranged by type of client. Supplemented
quarterly and includes newsletter.
Interpreter releases: an information service on immigration, naturalization and the foreign born.
New York: Foreign Language Information Service, 1935 - ; St.
Paul: Westgroup,
Weekly
publication on immigration and nationality law. Tables of contents for
recent issues of Interpreter releases and brief immigration
highlights, in a web publication called Immigration communiqué, are
available at: http://www.westgroup.com/fedpub/immigrat.asp.
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Dan
Kesselbrenner and Lory D. Rosenberg, Immigration law and crimes.
St. Paul: West Group, 1984 --
Discusses the impact of criminal activity on the status of the foreign
born. The authors' focus is on criminal convictions and post-conviction
remedies.
Ira
J. Kurzban, Kurzban's immigration law sourcebook, 7th. ed.
Washington, D.C.: American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2000.
One volume summary, covers history of immigration through naturalization
topics; Revised every two years.
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Rodney
A. Malpert and Amanda Petersen, Business immigration law: strategies
for employing foreign nationals. New York: Law Journal Press,
2000.
American Immigration Lawyers Association/AILA discussion of
work-authorizing nonimmigrant statuses, discrimination, tax consequences
and related employment issues.
Charles
M. Miller and Jan M. Pederson, eds., The visa processing guide: process and
procedures at U.S. Consulates and Embassies, 2002-2003 ed.
Washington, D.C.: American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2002 (Annual).
Includes a few, brief articles by AILA members and consular officers. The
majority of the publication is arranged by consular office and contains Tips
and Tactics about the policies and procedures at individual offices.
There are entries for Mexican consulates in Ciudad Juarez and
Tijuana.
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Helen
A. Sklar et al., Immigration Act of 1990 today: current state of the
1990 changes in immigration and nationality law.
St. Paul: West Group, 2000-.
Practice guide to the 1990 Act.
Richard
D. Steel, Steel on immigration law, 2d ed. St. Paul: West
Group, 1992.
One-volume
looseleaf, with annual updates. Surveys the immigration field
in brief, covering historical information through removal and penalties.
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Last revised: 10/25/02
