Immigration Law
Peter Spiro (Temple University Law School)
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
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Immigration Law
Peter Spiro
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Table of contents
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Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
1
Introduction
2
Constitutional Foundations
3
Immigrant Preference Categories
4
Special Issues Relating to Immigrant Admissions; Diversity Immigration
5
Immigrant Preferences and the Constitution
6
Immigrant Preference Based on Marriage
7
Nonimmigrant Visas
8
Business Nonimmigrant Visas
9
Employment-Based Immigrant Preferences: Business Necessity
10
Employment-Based Immigrant Preferences: Avoiding Labor Certification through EB1, NIW, and EB5
11
Admission Procedures and Constitutional Baselines: The Cold War Cases
12
Admission Procedures and Constitutional Baselines (cont'd)
13
Inadmissibility: Overview and Criminal Activity Grounds
14
Re-entry Doctrine + Inadmissibility: Fraud, Misrepresentation; Immigrant Violators; Smuggling
15
Inadmissibility: Public Charge
16
Inadmissibility: National Security Grounds
17
Adjustment of Status; Parole
18
Deportation: Constitutional Baselines
19
Grounds for Deportation: Overview, Immigration Control, Criminal History Grounds
20
Classifying Convictions
21
Relief from Removal and Regularization of Status
22
Prosecutorial Discretion & DACA; Enforcement
23
Removal Proceedings
24
State and Local Roles
25
Trump v. Hawaii; Plenary Power Wrap
26
Conceptualizing Citizenship; Citizenship at Birth: Jus Soli
27
Citizenship at Birth: Jus Sanguinis; Naturalization
28
Naturalization
29
Supplementary material