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U.S. Immigration Law Research Starting Points: News, Legal News & Immigration Policy Tracking

Guide created for Brooklyn Law School's Safe Harbor Project

General News

BLS students, faculty and administrators can create individual $ NYTimes.com & $ FT.com accounts by following instructions at: https://guides.brooklaw.edu/news 

The New York Times topic: Immigration and Emigration

Financial Times topics: U.S. Immigration, Global Migration

BLS students, faculty and administrators have campus-wide access to $ WashingtonPost.com when connected to Brooklyn Law School’s wireless network.  These patrons have off-campus access when using a web browser that communicates with the BLS proxy server.  See BLS proxy server instructions.  This News Access guide box describes how to create a personal WashingtonPost.com account. 

The Washington Post topic: Immigration

$ Lexis+ > News

Tip: Contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu for help in creating/saving a search of the "headline and lead" segments in a Lexis+ database such as: U.S. News.

Politico & POLITICO (@politico) [X.com]

Useful sources to track recent Congressional developments re. immigration legislation.

Legal News & Analysis

AILA law student membership includes access to: AILA8 (= daily immigration e-newsletter highlighting top 8 news stories)

BLS law students: AILA membership is free!  Contact AILA at: membership@aila.org or 202-507-7635

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Immigration News: Daily Immigration News Clips provides national and local media coverage of "key immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S."    

$ Law360.com topic: Immigration (an off-campus location other than a BLS residence: requires implementation of BLS proxy server instructions)                                                                       

$ Law.com topic: Immigration Law (an off-campus location other than a BLS residence: requires implementation of BLS proxy server instructions)     

$ Lexis+ > Immigration Law Practice Center

If a researcher is logged in to Lexis+: The Lexis+ Immigration Practice Center page features immigration news from Law360.com topic: Immigration Law & from Bender's Immigration Bulletin, Daily Edition.

Twice per month, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. publishes Bender's Immigration Bulletin (which includes immigration news, case digests, regulations, other government documents & legal analysis of new developments).  Click the bell (near top of screen) to create a "Publication Alert." 

$ Westlaw Today > Practice Area > Immigration

$ Westlaw Precision > Practice Area > Immigration > Immigration Resources: Secondary Sources includes Interpreter Releases ("weekly analysis of legislative, administrative, and judicial developments related to immigration law"), Interpreter Releases Daily, Immigration Briefings ("in-depth analysis of a timely immigration law topic each month") & Fragomen Business Alerts (focus: business immigration law developments).

Tip: In $ Westlaw Precision source: Interpreter Releases, run a keyword search & click: icon of a bell to "Create WestClip Alert." 

Tip: Immigration practitioners also highlight key developments:

Immigration Lawyers Podcast (Immigration Lawyers Toolbox provides "[d]iscussions related to the Field and Practice of Immigration Law."  Podcasts include updates & interviews.)

Immigration Review ("[W]eekly [Monday] podcast of immigration case summaries and practice insights from your host, Kevin A. Gregg, a partner at the law firm Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A.")   

McBean Immigration TV (LaToya McBean Pompey, Esq.discusses "the U.S. immigration system, news and changing policies.")

REDIRECT (Weekly podcast of immigration attorneys Matthew Archambeault, Esq. & Stephen Robbins, Esq. "to share unique perspectives on U.S. immigration policy and the practice of law.") (Click here)

Tracking Changes Made by Current/Prior Presidential Administrations

Immigration Policy Tracking Project, created by Professor Lucas Guttentag.

This project tracks the current status of "Trump era" immigration policies. Includes a keyword search box. 

American Immigration Council, Topic: Immigration Reform reports on:

Executive Action (scope: U.S.)

Legislation (scope: U.S.)

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Research Library

Filter by TYPE: Federal Agencies: FR Regs & NoticesIf desired, click: Sort results by: Date 

Federal Register (M-F "daily journal" of the U.S. federal gov't.)

Enter a search term, such as: immigration

Tip: Limit search by clicking: R (rule), PR (Proposed Rule), N (Notice) or PD (Presidential Document).  If desired, in results list, sort by: Newest.  Includes ability to print Federal Register documents in PDF.

White House > Briefing Room > Presidential Actions

$ Westlaw Precision > Daily Presidential Documents

Run a search, such as: immigra! or asylum  If desired, click: Create Westclip Alert.

Tracking Comments on Proposed U.S. Federal Immigration Regulations

Regulations.gov supports submission/searching of comments on proposed U.S. federal immigration regulations.  See this site's FAQ on Commenting.

Immigration company Boundless provides How to Submit a Public Comment to a Federal Agency.

American Immigration Lawyers Association's Research Library (a publicly accessible site) provides AILA's comments on proposed regulations.

See: Documents by TYPES > Memo & Regulatory Comments  If desired, click: Sort results by: Date