Primary sources of immigration law include United States Statutes, Federal Regulations, and United States Agency Decisions and Opinions. Below are a list of resources and relevant statutes and regulations.
Fee Based Databases
Westlaw (Individual password required)
Contents: United States Code Annotated, Code of Federal Regulations, Cases(U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Appeals and Federal District Courts), Federal Register, Foreign Affairs Manual, Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions (FIM-BIA), Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions (FIM-BALCA), and Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (FIM-OCAHO), Forms, Proposed & Enacted Legislation, Proposed & Adopted Regulations.
Quick Navigation: Home Page > Practice Areas > Immigration > Resources (Browse Immigration) [on right side at top]
LexisNexis (Individual password required)
Contents: United States Code Annotated, Code of Federal Regulations, Cases(U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Appeals and Federal District Courts), Federal Register, Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions (BALCA), Office of Chief Admin. Hearing Officer Immigration Review Decisions (OCAHO), Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions (BIA), Administrative Appeals Office Decisions (AAO, formerly AAU), Forms.
Quick Navigation: Home Page > Browse > Sources > By Practice Area > Immigration Law > select (forms, secondary materials, decisions) [on left side at top]
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AILALINK (Access to Barry Law students through Campus Intranet)
Contents: Immigration and Nationality Act (INA),8 USC Provisions not in INA, Additional Statutory Provisions, Public Laws, CFR, Federal Register Rules and Notices, BIA / AG (I&N Dec. Vols. 1-26), Supreme Court Cases, U.S. Courts of Appeals, BALCA Cases, MOU, DHS Memos & Letters, USCIS / INS Memos & Letters, CBP Memos & Letters, ICE Memos & Letters, DOS Memos, Cables & Letters, DOL Memos & Letters, DOJ Memos & Letters, Other Agency Memos & Letters
Quick Navigation: AILALink Home Page > Contents > select (statutes and regs, Court decisions, forms) [on left side at top]
Free Databases
eCFR Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
Govinfo United States Government Publishing Office Federal Digital System
Contents: United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Public and Private Laws
United States Department of Justice
EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review
BIA Board of Immigration Appeals
Contents: OCIJ Practice Manual, BIA practice Manual, Immigration Judge Benchbook (archived), EOIR Forms, AG and BIA Precedent Decisions, Federal Register, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Decisions,
USCIS United States Citizen and Immigration Services
Contents: USCIS regulations in Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations (8 CFR); Statutes, in the Immigration Nationality Act; USCIS Federal Register Publications, including notices, proposed, interim and final rules; Administrative Decisions from the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office; Handbooks and guides.
Online Form Filing and Case Status:Forms, eFiling, Check case status
Immigration Statutes and Regulations
Statutes
Title 6, Ch. 1, Part IV - Directorate of Border and Transportation Security
Title 8 - Aliens & Nationality
Title 18, Chapter 69 - Nationality & Citizenship
Title 18, Chapter 75 - Passports & Visas
Regulations
6 CFR: Domestic Security
8 CFR: Aliens & Nationality
19 CFR: Customs Duties
20 CFR: Employees' Benefits
22 CFR: Foreign Relations
28 CFR: Judicial Administration
29 CFR: Labor
42 CFR: Public Health
45 CFR: Public Welfare
Secondary sources of immigration law include texts and treatises, law journals and law reviews, and other non-law sources.
Fee Based Databases
Westlaw (Individual password required)
Contents: Adjudicator's Field Manual, Asylum Case Law Sourcebook, Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Deskbook, Customs Law and Administration - Commentary, Customs Law and Administration - Statutes, Customs Law and Administration - Treaties, Detention and Deportation Officers Field Manual, Fragomen Immigration Handbooks, Immigration Act of 1990 Today, Immigration Court Practice Manual, Immigration Judge Benchbook, Immigration Law & Business, Immigration Law & Crimes, Immigration Law & Defense, Immigration Law & the Family, Immigration Law Service 2d, Immigration Pleading & Practice Manual, Immigration Practice Library, Immigration Trial Handbook, INS Inspector's Field Manual, INS Operations Instructions, INS Training Materials, Law of Asylum in the United States, State Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook, Steel on Immigration Law, Technical Assistance Guide, The Law of Immigration, U.S. Citizenship & Naturalization Handbook.
Quick Navigation: Home Page > Practice Areas > Immigration > Resources (Browse Immigration) [on right side at top]
LexisNexis (Individual password required)
Contents: Bender's Immigration and Nationality Act Service, Bender's Immigration Litigation Forms, Bender's Immigration Regulations Service, Business Immigration Law: Forms and Filings, Corporate Immigration Law, Getting the Deal Through: Corporate Immigration, Global Business Immigration Practice Guide, Gordon, Mailman, Yale-Loehr & Wada Immigration Law and Procedure, Immigration Enforcement: I-9 Compliance Handbook, Immigration Issues in Employment (UKCLE), Immigration Law Practice Expediter, Immigration Practice Manual (MCLE), Immigration Emerging Issues, J Visa Guidebook.
Quick Navigation: Home Page > Browse > Sources > By Practice Area > Immigration Law > select (secondary materials) [on left side at top]
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AILALINK (Access to Barry Law students through Campus Intranet)
Contents: Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook 14th Edition, Asylum, Criminal, & Removal Publications, Business Publications, Occupational Guidebooks, Consular Practice Publications, Essentials of Immigration Law, The Entrepreneurial Lawyer - How to Run a Successful Immigration Practice, Diplomatic Visas Handbook, Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law 2013-14, Family Publications, Immigration Law & the Family, Litigating Immigration Cases in Federal Court 3rd Ed., Conference Publications.
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Law Journal and Law Review Databases (Additional databases are available on the Barry Law LIS Electronic Resources webpage)
HeinOnline is one of the most comprehensive tools currently available for legal research. It is the best interface for searching for law review articles and has most titles available from the first volume to today. It also contains a wide variety of databases including historic documents from early British, Scottish, and U.S.laws, as well as tribal law. It is a good resource for finding international treaties, laws and articles and otherwise hard-to-find resources such as Native American tribal law.
Quick Navigation: Barry Law intranet > Library & Information Services (LIS) > Electronic Resources (Research Databases) [on left side of page] > (search databases alphabetically)
Free Databases
The Barry Law Library's Library Catalog contains hundreds of resources in print. You can search the library catalog for immigration related resources by--author, title, subject, Call number, ISBN, SUDOC number--or you can use the following specific subject codes to search for resources on United States immigration law.
Emigration and immigration law -- Periodicals.
Emigration and immigration law -- Philosophy.
Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
Barry Law Library Reference Librarians
LawReferenceLibrarians@barry.edu
Main Phone: (321) 206-5700
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LawReferenceLibrarians@barry.edu
Jason Murray, JD, MSLS
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Associate Professor of Law Library
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Cynthia Barnes, JD
Reference Librarian
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Kim Wilson, JD, MSIS
Reference Librarian
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