Immigration Law: Immigration Law

United States Code
The entire U.S. Code (U.S.C.) of which Title 8 is of particular interest, but immigration issues also appear in other places such as Title 18 (Crime) or Title 22 (Foreign Relations)

• Immigration & Nationality Act (Part of Title 8)
  Link to the Act on the U.S.C.I.S. web page. This version shows the section numbers within the Act itself with cross-references to the placement in the U.S.C.

Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
The entire Code of Federal Regulations of which 8 C.F.R. probably concentrates the most immigration regulation.

• Title 8 - Aliens (Immigration Regulations)
  Link to Regulations on U.S.C.I.S. page. Other links on the page can lead to immigration regulations in other Titles (6 & 22 for example), but the majority of them are here.
• Historical C.F.R. back to 1996
  Electronic copies of past C.F.R.s to look up previous regulations in force.

Federal Register Announcements

• U.S.C.I.S. Federal Register Announcements
  Goes back to 2006. Presidential proclamation and executive orders can also be found in Title 3 of each year's C.F.R. set (for the following year).

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• United States Citizenship & Immigration Service (U.S.C.I.S)
  • El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (U.S.C.I.S. - Spanish)
  • Welcome to the United States Immigrant Information Page
• Immigration & Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.)
  • I.C.E. F.O.I.A. (Freedom of Information Act) Library
• U.S. Customs & Border Protection (C.B.P.)
• Immigration Data & Statistics

U.S. Department of Justice

• Departamento de Justicia (D.O.J. - Spanish)
• Executive Office for Immigration Review
  Oversees immigration actions, appeals, & decisions. More specific links to appeals and decisions may be found elsewhere in this guide.

U.S. Department of State 

• Bureau of Consular Affairs - U.S. Travel & Visa Information Page
  Contains links to information on intercountry adoption as well as information on U.S. visas
• Bureau of Population, Refugees, & Migration
• Visa Bulletin
  Shows U.S. visa wait times for different categories and countries - current and past editions
• Foreign Affairs Manual & Foreign Affairs Handbook 
  Vols. 7 & 9 of the Manual are of particular interest

U.S. Department of Labor

• Office of Foreign Labor Certification

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

• Office of Refugee Resettlement

NOTE:  Given the rapidly changing environment around immigration issues, online resources like these may offer the most current information.

NOTE:  Immigration law is rapidly changing, especially recently.  A number of these resources, while the most current available, were still printed several years ago.  Pay attention to the publication dates, because the law may have changed since.  Continuously updated electronic resources will likely be most current.

Asylum cases require information about the conditions in countries from which asylum is sought.  The following links provide some sources for that kind of information.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES:

PRIVATE SOURCES: