Immigration Law

Peter Spiro (Temple University Law School)

Immigration Law Statutory Supplement 2025 (for course use)

Immigration Law Statutory Supplement 2025 (for course use)

Immigration Law

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Table of contents

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Immigration Law Statutory Supplement 2025 (for course use)
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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
Admission Procedures and Constitutional Baselines: The Cold War Cases
11
Admission Procedures and Constitutional Baselines (cont'd)
12
Inadmissibility: Overview and Criminal Activity Grounds
13
Inadmissibility: Fraud, Misrepresentation; Immigrant Violators; Smuggling
14
Inadmissibility: Public Charge
15
Inadmissibility: National Security Grounds
16
Deportation: Constitutional Baselines
17
Adjustment of Status; Parole
18
Grounds for Deportation: Overview, Immigration Control, Criminal History Grounds
19
Classifying Convictions
20
Relief from Removal and Regularization of Status
21
Enforcement Prioritization
22
Removal Proceedings; Detention; Applied Procedural Due Process
23
State and Local Roles
24
Trump v. Hawaii
25
Recent Constitutional Cases; Plenary Power Wrap
26
Conceptualizing Citizenship; Citizenship at Birth: Jus Soli
27
Citizenship at Birth: Jus Sanguinis; Naturalization
28
Naturalization

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