Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy

by Legomsky, Stephen H.

• ISBN13: 9781587781605
• ISBN10: 1587781603
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: West Academic

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Acknowledgments	xi
Technical Conventions and Abbreviations	xv
Permissions	xix
Table of Cases	xli
Table of Secondary Authorities	lv
Overview	1	(1)
Terminology	1	(1)
General Regulation of Immigration	2	(1)
Nationality	3	(1)
The Admission of Noncitizens to the United States	4	(3)
Expulsion	7	(1)
Other Sanctions	8	(1)
Immigration and the Constitution	9	(114)
Sources of the Federal Immigration Power	9	(17)
Limits to the Federal Immigration Power	26	(97)
Immigrant Priorities	123	(194)
Historical Background	124	(12)
The Fundamentals: Quotas and Preferences	136	(11)
Family Immigration	147	(42)
Employment-Based Immigration	189	(46)
Diversity Immigrants	235	(6)
The Impact of Immigration	241	(76)
Nonimmigrant Priorities	317	(63)
Commercial Categories of Nonimmigrants	320	(30)
Educational Categories	350	(14)
Tourists	364	(4)
Fiances and Fiancees	368	(4)
A Few Other Nonimmigrant Categories	372	(1)
General Nonimmigrant Problems	373	(7)
Exclusion Grounds and Waivers	380	(35)
Grounds Related to Immigration Control	394	(5)
Political and National Security Grounds	399	(7)
Criminal Grounds	406	(2)
Economic Grounds	408	(5)
Public Health and Morals	413	(2)
Admission Procedure	415	(52)
The Early Days	415	(6)
Modern Procedure: Preliminary Comments	421	(2)
Visa Petitions	423	(9)
Visa Applications	432	(22)
Actual Admission	454	(8)
Adjustment of Status	462	(5)
Deportability Grounds	467	(102)
General Considerations	467	(8)
The Meaning and Significance of ``Entry'' and ``Admission''	475	(20)
Deportability Grounds Concerned With Immigration Control	495	(4)
Crime-Related Deportability Grounds	499	(61)
Political and National Security Grounds	560	(5)
Other Deportability Grounds	565	(1)
Time Limits	566	(3)
Relief From Deportability	569	(61)
Lasting Relief	570	(44)
Limited Relief	614	(13)
Miscellaneous Defenses	627	(2)
A Perspective on Relief from Deportability	629	(1)
Deportation Procedure	630	(219)
Overview	630	(13)
A Sampling of Specific Procedural Ingredients	643	(112)
A Case File: From Initial Notice to Judicial Review	755	(65)
A Simulated Removal Hearing	820	(18)
Exceptions to Usual Removal Procedures	838	(11)
Refugees	849	(260)
Overseas Refugees	852	(20)
Asylum and Nonrefoulement	872	(189)
Beyond Persecution: Protection Against Other Dangers	1061	(48)
Undocumented Migrants	1109	(60)
Immigration Offenses	1117	(4)
Employer Misconduct	1121	(21)
Undocumented Migrants and Public Benefits	1142	(27)
Citizenship	1169	(108)
The Significance of Citizenship	1170	(22)
Acquiring Citizenship	1192	(46)
Losing Citizenship	1238	(39)
Index	1277