U.S. Supreme Court affirms deportation order under IIRIRA over objections that Petitioner's illegal re-entry of U. S. took place before effective date of statute.
For a substantial period of time, U. S. Immigration law has provided that the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) may revive an order for removing an alien present unlawfully if he leaves the U. S. and unlawfully reenters. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)...

Second Circuit affirms lower court's decision granting summary judgment to defendant holding that U.S. doctrine of official immunity protects Northrop Grumman Information Technology's (NGIT's) discretionary reporting of adverse allegations about Irish plaintiffs to proper government agencies.
In 1998, Congress enacted the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (IPPCTP). It allows "young people from disadvantaged areas of [Ireland] suffering from sectarian violence and high structural employment to enter the United States for the purpose of developing job skills and conflict resolution abilities...

In 5-to-4 vote, U.S. Supreme Court develops procedural framework for meeting due process standards with respect to removable aliens held in custody where government is having difficulty in finding nations willing to accept them.
When an alien who enters the U.S. but no longer has the legal right to remain, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) institutes removal proceedings. Under the statutes, the INS may hold the alien in custody for a ninety-day removal period. If the INS has been unable to make...

Immigration law for paralegals, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included).
9781594603891 Immigration law for paralegals, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included) Casablanca, Maria Isabel and Gloria Roa Bodin. Carolina Academic Press 2007 264 pages $48.00 Paperback KF4819 This guide for students, practicing paralegals,...

Association of American Law Schools to Address Immigration Issues at 2007 Annual Meeting in January.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The debate over immigration issues in the United States will be a key subject of discussion at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting from January 3-6, 2007 in Washington, D.C. Over 3,500 law faculty are expected to attend the conference and...

The Bush administration is being called upon to end its manipulation of immigration law to stifle free speech.
The Bush administration is being called upon to end its manipulation of immigration law to stifle free speech. Continuing its oppression of controversial ideological views, the government has barred numerous foreign scholars and activists from entering the country, including Tariq Ramadan (prevented from assuming a tenured position at the...

Pope John Paul II and immigration law and policy.
INTRODUCTION The immigration debate in the United States and in other developed countries has proved vitriolic and divisive, one view espousing limited immigration based on a stringent selection process reflecting the interests of the inhabitants and the other advocating a more open border in which the needs...

Tough Immigration law prompts mass exodus from Oklahoma.
Although no one knows for sure how many immigrants in our midst are illegal, a tough anti-illegal-immigrant law recently passed in Oklahoma has prompted some illegal aliens to "self-deport" themselves from the state. According to a recent report by KTUL TV in Tulsa, tens of thousands of Hispanics have...

The rights of irregular migrants.
In the contemporary politics of immigration, few issues are more contentious than the question of how democratic states should respond to the presence of people who have settled without official authorization. Too often discussions of this topic go nowhere because the participants adopt radically different starting points and make...

Enforcement at work: the strategy of attrition is bearing fruit.
IS immigration enforcement effective? Ask the New York Times: "Children someday will study the Great Immigration Panic of the early 2000s, which harmed countless lives, wasted billions of dollars and mocked the nation's most deeply held values." An enforcement program that can move the Times to such a display...