Immigration Law Resources

Comprehensive Legal Research Sources |  Federal Agencies and Forms |  U.S. Code and Statutes | Code of Federal Regulations & Federal Register | Glossary | U.S. Judiciary | Periodical Indexes | Bibliography | Immigration Law Reviews | Organizations | International Resources |  Current Awareness

Comprehensive Legal Research Sources

Lexis - Immigration library includes: case law, statutes, Shepard's, secondary sources, legal treatises, periodicals, and newsletters.  Access with personal password.

Westlaw - Immigration library includes: case law, statutes, Key Cite, secondary sources, legal treatises, periodicals, and newsletters. Access with personal password.

Federal Agencies  

US Citizenship and Immigration Services

• USCIS Adjudicator's Field Manual 
• Location of USCIS Field Offices 
• USCIS E-Filing page 
• USCIS Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda 
• USCIS Policy and Procedural Memoranda by Subject   
• USCIS Forms & Fees 
• USCIS Interpretations 
• USCIS Case Status Service
• USCIS Adopted Decisions 
• USCIS Refugee Applications 
• USCIS Settlement Notices and Agreements
• Board of Immigration Appeals 

Department of Labor

• Foreign Labor Certification 
• Department of Labor Forms 
• Permanent Labor Certification 
• H-1B Certification  (Specialty Occupations)
• H-1C Certification  (Nurses)
• H-2A Certification  (Agricultural -- seasonal)
• H-2B Certification  (Non-agricultural -- seasonal)
• D-1 Certification  (Crewmembers -- Longshore work)
• Dept. of Labor Advisories and Memorandum
• Dept. or Labor Online Wage Library
• Dept. of Labor Adverse Wage Rates 

Department of State

• Visa Bulletin
• Embassy Locations
• Visa Application Forms
• Dept. of State Foreign Affairs Manual
• Business Visas
• Student Visas
• Tourist Visas
• Permanent Visas (Family, Employment, Diversity)
• Dept. of State Visa Bulletin To be placed on the Department of State’s E-mail subscription list for the “Visa Bulletin”, please send an E-mail to the following E-mail address: listserv@calist.state.gov
• Dept. of State Visa Forms

U.S. Code and Statutes

• Title 8 USC (Aliens and Nationality)
• Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

Major Amendments to the INA

• Public Laws Amending the INA
• § 13 of the Act of 1957
• Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
• Amerasian Immigration
• Immigration Act of 1990
• Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991 
• Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

Code of Federal Regulations, Official Forms & Federal Register

• Title 8 CFR (Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration & Naturalization)
• Title 22 CFR (Dept. of State)
• Title 6 CFR (Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of Security) 
• Misc. Immigration related CFR sections
• Title 20 (Dept. of Labor)  Part 655--Temporary Employment of Aliens in the United States.
• Title 20 (Dept. of Labor) Part 656 Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens In the United States

U.S. Judiciary

U.S. Courts  - Portal to information on the U.S. Federal Judiciary

U.S. Court Decisions - 1995 - present.  Free from Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School

TRAC Immigration Judge Reports - Contains information about immigration judges in the United States.  Free service from Syracuse University

Hein OnLine - Full text of selected law reviews.  Updated frequently. Also available are:  Federal Register; Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; and Treaties and Agreements Library (includes all in-force treaties to which the U.S. is a party.)  Access remotely with your Pace portal user name and password.

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective - Index of law reviews, journals, and newsletters from 1918-1981.  Includes links to articles in Hein Online via WilsonLink.

LegalTrac - Index of law reviews, journals, and newsletters beginning with 1980. Access remotely with your Pace Portal user name and password.

Bibliography of Pace Law Library Holdings on Immigration

Immigration Law Reviews  

• Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
• Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
• International Journal of Refugee Law
• International Migration
• International Migration Review
• Journal of Refugee Studies
• Refugee Survey Quarterly
• University of Cincinnati Immigration and Nationality Law Review

Organizations

• American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Immigration
• American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• Center for Immigration Studies
• Center for Migration Studies
• National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
• Migration Policy Institute
• TRAC Immigration

International Resources 

AccessUN - Access to abstracts and full text of current and retrospective UN documents and treaties. Access remotely with your Pace Portal user name and password.

United Nations Treaty Collection - Access to the UN Treaty Series, and multilateral treaties.

Keeping Current

LexisNexis - Benders' Immigration Bulletin

ILW.COM - Immigration Daily (includes employment opportunities for attorneys) 

© 2008 Pace Law Library.  Compiled by Jack McNeill, Associate Director.