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FEDERAL LAWS
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8 U.S.C., Chapter 12 - Immigration and Nationality
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8 U.S.C., Chapter 13 - Immigration and Naturalization Service
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United States Constitution, Article 1 - Aliens
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18 U.S.C., Part I (Nationality and Citizenship in regards to Crimes)
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8 C.F.R. (Code of Federal Regulations) - Aliens and Nationality
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6 C.F.R. (Code of Federal Regulations) - Department of Homeland Security
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA)
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
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Immigration Act of 1990
COURTS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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United States Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals
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Supreme Court Immigration Decisions
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U.S. State Department, Visa Information
RELATED MATERIALS
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Cleveland State Legal Clinics
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National Immigration Law Center
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - International Law
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American Immigration Council
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American Immigration Lawyers Association
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Immigration Forum
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Law Offices of Carl Shusterman: A private Legal Website with many resources and news information
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Findlaw.com: Immigration Resources
BOOKS
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Jennifer A. Hermansky and Kate Kalmykov, What every lawyer needs to know about immigration law. KF4819 .W52 2014
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Marc R. Generazio. Immigration law: a guide to laws and regulations. KF4819 .G46 2011
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Philip Hornik. Immigration law and defense. KF4819 .I473 2019
ARTICLES
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Stephanie Francis Ward, We the Immigration Lawyers These Attorneys Have Different Life Experiences but the Same Drive to Help New Arrivals, ABA J., August/September 2024
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Danielle Hernandez, IMMIGRATION LAW 101: FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION LAW , GPSolo , July/August 2024
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Greg Siskinda, ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IN IMMIGRATION LAW , GPSolo, July/August 2024
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Brittany Thomas Faitha, IMMIGRATION LAW 101: EMPLOYMENT IMMIGRATION LAW , GPSolo, July/August 2024
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Danielle Hernandez, CRIMINAL LAW AND IMMIGRATION, GPSolo, May/June, 2025
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Christian Powell Sundquist, Presumed Guilty: "Illegal Alien" Evidence and the Rights of Non-Citizen Defendants, 81 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 19 (2025)