Advanced Immigration Law and Citizenship Research
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Transcript Advanced Immigration Law and Citizenship Research
Advanced Immigration Law and
Citizenship Research
SPRING 2012
SHIKHA GUPTA JOSEPH:
[email protected]
Preemption Literature Check
A preemption check is a thorough process for
determining whether there is another article that has
already been published on your topic.
Purpose of preemption check:
Saving time and resources to confirm that your topic will cover
new ground.
Provides alerts to any impending statutes or case law that
would render your topic meaningless.
How to conduct a preemption check?
Conduct a check following these steps:
Construct a list of keywords and subject headings on the topic
Maintain a record of all databases searched with found journal
citations, articles etc.
Search law review databases
Run queries in periodical indices
Examine works in progress, working papers, and preprints
Books and book chapters
Current awareness tools
Analyze and conform the results with your topic
Law Review Databases
Westlaw (TP-ALL, JLR)
Example: TP-ALL keyword search: (transsex! transgend!
transvest!) /10 immig! /10 detention
Lexis (Law Reviews, CLE, Legal Journals &
Periodicals, Combined)
HeinOnline
Non-law databases: Academic Search Premier,
JSTOR, and other multidisciplinary from Axinn
databases
Periodical Indices
Index to Legal Periodicals (current and retro)
Example: same sex and sponsor
LegalTrac
Current Index to Legal Periodicals
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Works in Progress, Working Papers and Preprints
For scholarly working papers, forthcoming law review
articles, think tank articles (new and very recent
research):
Legal Scholarship Network (SSRN)
Example: sexual orientation asylum
Google Scholar
Example: surrogacy and citizenship
Berkeley Electronic Press (Bepress)
Books and Books Chapters
Lexicat Hofstra University Libraries Catalog
Example: immigration detention
WorldCat
Current Awareness Tools and Blogs
Lexis-alerts, Sherpardize, CourtLink
Westlaw-various alerts at “Alert Center”, Keycite
U.S. Law Week (BNA)-status of Supreme Court cases
BNA Alerts-also latest news, expert insight articles
SSRN
Immigration Prof Blog:
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
Bender's Immigration Bulletin: Lexis; Law
Classified KF4815 .I465
Daily Edition, Bulletin Board: http://bibdebb.blogspot.com/
Immigration Law Research Sources
Primary Sources
Statutes
Federal Regulations
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations
Agency Decisions
Judicial Decisions
Secondary Sources
Treatises and casebooks
Journal & law review articles
Statutes
Which statutes are applicable?
Treatises
Immigration Law Research Guides (for example, NYU Law
Library's guide)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS)
Index to USCA or USCS
Relevant governing laws:
Title 8: Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); Aliens &
Nationality
Title 18: Criminal Law and Procedure
Where can I locate the relevant statutes?
Federal Immigration Laws and Regulations, Law
Classified, KF4805.99 .U54 2011
United State Code - available in print or on Fdsys
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
United States Code Annotated (USCA) – available in
print or in Westlaw
United States Code Service (USCS) – available in
print or in Lexis
Legislative History
U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative New
Service-print (Reading Room KF48 .U5) and
Westlaw (USCCAN)
HeinOnline-U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
ProQuest Congressional
Thomas.gov-recent bills/legislation only
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
Lexis: US-CIS Legislative Histories database
Westlaw: FED-LH database
Proposed Legislation
ProQuest Congressional
Thomas.gov
Lexis: Congressional Full Text Bills - Current
Congress; Bill Tracking Report - Current Congress
Westlaw: CONG-BILLTXT; US-BILLTRK; FIMBILLTXT
Role of Federal Agencies
Rulemaking (regulations published in the Code of
Federal Regulations)
Adjudication (administrative decisions)
Which Agencies?
Department of Homeland Security-in charge of
Citizenship & Immigration Services; Immigration &
Customs Enforcement is responsible for enforcing
immigration and customs law
(http://www.ice.gov/index.htm)
Department of State-authority of visa issuance, country
information, various reports
Department of Justice-Executive Office for Immigration
Review (immigration court system), employment
discrimination matters
Department of Labor-alien labor certification process
and appeals
Federal Regulations
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations
Locating Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations – print and online at
Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, FedSys
Relevant volumes might include:
Aliens and Nationality Regs: Title 8
Justice Dept Regs: Title 28
Labor Dept Regs: Title 20, 29
Health & Human Serv Regs: Title 42
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations – print
Lexis
Westlaw
HeinOnline
FedSys
Agency and Judicial Decisions Search
First, choose a database. (Click on Search tab on
Lexis; click on Directory on Westlaw)
Select jurisdiction (if applicable)
Construct terms and connectors search
Use thesaurus, key terms suggested by database or other
sources, headnotes
Limit by dates if helpful
Agency Decisions
Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions
Administrative decisions under immigration and nationality laws,
Law Classified KF4812 .A2
Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46
Hein’s Cumulative Index to Interim Precedent Decisions of the Board
of Immigration Appeals, Law Classified KF4812.7 .H45
HeinOnline: U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions,
and AppealsAdministrative Decisions under
Immigration and Nationality Laws
LexisNexis: Federal Immigration Agency Decisions;
Immigration Precedent Decisions
Westlaw: FIM-BIA
Administrative Appeals Office
Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46
LexisNexis: Federal immigration agency decisions;
Immigration Non-Precedent Decisions: BIA,
AAO/AAU
Westlaw: FIM-AAU
Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer
Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46
Lexis: Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer
Immigration Review Decisions
Westlaw: FIM-OCAHO
Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions
Immigration Law and Procedure: BALCA Deskbook
Summaries of decisions in Volume 13, Law Classified KF 4819
.G6
Lexis: Immigration Law & Procedure - BALCA Deskbook
Interpreter Releases
includes BALCA summaries, Law Classified KF4802 .I58
Westlaw INTERREL database
Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46
Lexis: Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals
Decisions
Westlaw: FIM-BALCA
Judicial Decisions
Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46
Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement, Supreme
Court Reporter: Law Reading Room
Lexis: USAPP; databases for individual circuits;
IMMIG; Federal Immigration Cases and Federal
Immigration Cases & Agency Decisions
Westlaw: CTA; databases for individual circuits;
FIM-CS and IM-CS
Example: “j-1 visa” and stay
Secondary Sources
Treatises and casebooks-for background information
• Immigration and Citizenship Process and Policy/ Thomas
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Alexander Aleinikoff et al., Law Reserve KF4818 .A43 2012
Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell / by David
Weissbrodt et al., Law Reserve KF4819.3 .W4 2011
Essentials of Immigration Law/Richard A. Boswell, Law
Classified KF4819 .B67 2006
Immigration Fundamentals : a guide to law and practice/Austin
T. Fragomen et al., Law Classified KF4819 .F72
Kurzban's immigration law sourcebook : a comprehensive
outline and reference tool / Ira J. Kurzban, Law Classified
KF4819.3 .K87 2010
To Find a Treatise Online
Westlaw: click on Directory and enter the title or
words in the title, or immigration law in search box;
go to DirectoryTopical Practice
AreasImmigrationForms, Treatises, CLEs and
Other Practice Material (use “I” link to check
description, author, title, updating)
Lexis: click on “Find a Source” tab; same process; go
to Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Immigration >
Search Analysis, Law Reviews & Journals (use “I”
link to check description, author, title, updating.)
Journals and Law Reviews
Index to Legal Periodicals
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
LegalTrac
HeinOnline: Law Journal Library
Lexis: Law Reviews, CLE, Legal Journals &
Periodicals, Combined; Immigration Law Review
Articles, Combined
Westlaw: TP-ALL; JLR; IM-TP
Statistics, Reports and other Data
TRAC DHS-provides latest information on DHS
convictions, immigration and customs enforcement
data, numerous DHS tables and reports.
http://trac.syr.edu/tracdhs/
Immigration statistics
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/immigration.shtm
Organizations
ABA Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice
and Pro Bono:
http://www.abanet.org/immigration/
American Immigration Lawyers Association:
http://www.aila.org
Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org
The Federation for American Immigration Reform
(FAIR): http://www.fairus.org/
National Immigration Law Center:
http://www.nilc.org/
Questions?
Help using databases, locating sources, using
microforms: Ask Shikha or another Reference
Librarian for help
Appointments: [email protected] or tel.
516-463-5851