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NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.288.1 sec. 1 - Immigration Law (Spring 2012)
Instructor: Leti Volpp (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 4
Meeting Time: MTuW 11:20-12:30
Meeting Location: 140
Course Start: January 09, 2012
Course Control Number (1Ls): 51221
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 50026
This course surveys the legal, historical, and political considerations that shape U.S. immigration law. The course will review the constitutional basis for regulating immigration into the United States, and, to some extent, the constitutional rights of noncitizens in the country; the history of U.S. immigration law and policy; the contours of the immigration bureaucracy, including the roles played by various federal agencies in immigration decisions; the admission of nonimmigrants (i.e., temporary visitors) and immigrants into the U.S.; the deportation and exclusion of nonimmigrants and immigrants; refugee and asylum law; administrative and judicial review; undocumented migration; and citizenship and naturalization.
Much of the course focuses on the comprehensive immigration law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended by numerous laws (including the 1996 Anti-Terrorist and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, and the 2005 REAL ID Act) and its implementing regulations. Although comparisons to immigration law and policy of other countries are drawn upon from time to time, the primary focus of this class is immigration law in the U.S. While much of our time will be spent applying the statute, we will also spend considerable time discussing the historical and normative framework of the law.
Exam Notes: TH
Course Category: Public Law and Policy
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Social Justice and Public Interest
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- Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States
Aleinikoff, Martin, Motomura, Fullerton
Edition: 2011
Publisher: West
ISBN: 9780314274281
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: To Be Determined - Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy, 5th
Stephen H. Legomsky, Cristina M. Rodriguez,
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781599416137
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 120
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time. - Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy, 5th, 2011 Supplement
Stephen H Legomsky, Cristina M. Rodriguez,
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781599419114
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 20.07
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
