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U.S. Immigration Law Research Starting Points: Books

Guide created for Brooklyn Law School's Safe Harbor Project

Open Access Monographs Provided by University of California Press

University of California Press provides Luminos, an open access publishing program for monographs.  Tip: The Luminos home screen search box (top right) yields available books and book chapters.

Books in AILA Link, Lexis+, Westlaw & BLS Library

Up to 3 BLS students, faculty and administrators can access the BLS subscription to $ AILALink at one time.  (In BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (AILA).  Off-campus access requires implementation of the BLS proxy instructions for 1 web browser (tip: implement the proxy instructions for Firefox). 

Also, benefits of AILA law student membership (now FREE!) include online access (in $ AILALink) to many legal books  + conference materials published by AILA. 

To view books in $ AILALink: Log in to $ AILALink,  In Contents (on left side of home screen), click: AILA Books.

To search AILA Books: click button: Search @ top of screen.  Filter search by category: AILA Books.  (Uncheck other categories.)

To view available conference publications (like Immigration Practice Pointers, 2023–24): Log in to $ AILALink,  In Contents (on left side of home screen), click: AILA Conference Publications.

Books + conference publications in $ AILALink include:

Asylum Law:

AILA's Asylum Primer: A Practical Guide to U.S. Asylum Law and Procedure (9th ed. 2023)

Immigration Law Sourcebook:

Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook (18th ed. 2022) - forthcoming Sept. 16, 2024 in AILALink: 19th ed. 2024

Other Immigration Law Publications:

AILA's Immigration Law, Practice & Procedure Manual: A "Cookbook" of Essential Practice Materials (3rd ed. 2023)

Essentials of Immigration Law (6th ed. 2024)

Immigration Practice Pointers: 2023-24 (in Contents, listed under: AILA Conference Publications)

Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law: Guidance and Tips for Successful Practice (c2024) (in Contents, listed under: AILA Conference Publications)

Immigration Law, Special Topics:

AILA’s Focus on the Child Status Protection Act (4th ed. 2024)

Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity: A Guide to Representing Foreign-born Defendants (10th ed. 2024)

Immigration Law and the Family (7th ed. 2023)

Litigating Immigration Cases in Federal Court (6th ed. 2022)

Provisional Waivers: A Practitioner’s Guide (3rd ed. 2020)

Public Charge and Affidavits of Support: A Practitioner’s Guide (3rd ed. 2024)

Representing Clients in Immigration Court (7th ed. 2024)

The Waivers Book (4th ed. 2022)

Immigration Law Toolboxes:

AILA's FOIA Toolbox (2022)

AILA's Immigration Litigation Toolbox, 7th Ed.: Sample Motions, Briefs, and Memos for Immigration Court, BIA, AAO, DHS, DOL, and Federal Courts (2021)

AILA's Immigration Practice and Professionalism Toolbox: Essential Resources for Managing Your Immigration Practice (2018)

AILA's Toolbox for Immigration Paralegals: Essential Immigration Law Concepts, Procedures, and Form Completion Tips for Paralegals (2020)

AILA’s U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Law Toolbox (2021)

AILA's USMCA Toolbox (2022)

$ Lexis+ > Practice Center > Immigration > Top Sources: All Secondary Sources includes:

Immigration Law:

Immigration Law and Procedure

Comprehensive treatise, updated "regularly."

$ Westlaw Precision > Practice Area > Immigration > Immigration Resources: Secondary Sources includes:

Asylum Law:

Asylum Case Law Sourcebook (Aug. 2024 update)

Subject-arranged federal court case abstracts re. asylum issues.  Abstracts link to texts of decisions.

Law of Asylum in the United States (June 2024 update) by Deborah E. Anker

Immigration Law:

Immigration Procedures Handbook (2023-24 ed.)

Aid to prepare immigration petitions, applications & forms.

Steel on Immigration Law (updated annually, Nov, 2023 update)

Immigration Law, Special Topics:

H-1 B Handbook (2024 ed.)

Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook (Oct. 2023 update)

Immigration Law and Business (Apr. 2024 update)

Immigration Law and Crimes (July 2024 update)

Immigration Law and Defense (Mar. 2024 update)

Immigration Law & the Family (May 2024 update)

Labor Certification Handbook (Nov. 2023 update)

State Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook (Feb. 2024 update)

BLS Library also provides additional print and digital books to support Safe Harbor participants, including:

Asylum Law:

Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Law Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise and Testimony (2014)

In the catalog record for this ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBSCO) - REMOTE ACCESS RESTRICTED TO CURRENT BLS COMMUNITY - SEE PROXY INSTRUCTIONS

Essentials of Asylum Law (4th ed. 2018) by Immigrant Legal Resource Center staff attorneys

Law of Asylum in the United States (2024) by Deborah E. Anker

Immigration Law:

Feminist Judgments: Immigration Law Opinions Rewritten (2024)

Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity: A Guide to Representing Foreign-born Defendants (8th ed. 2019) - Note: newer ed. available in $ AILALink

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (8th ed. 2023) (Study aid in BLS Library's 1st fl. Reserve collection) 

Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook (17th ed. 2020) - Note: forthcoming Sept. 16, 2024 in AILALink: 19th ed. 2024.

On Transits and Transitions: Trans Migrants and U.S. Immigration Law (2022)

In the catalog record for this ebook, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC) - ID AND PASSWORD REQUIRED - REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR FIRST TIME USE (MUST BE WITHIN BLS PROXY)

Representing Immigrant Defendants in New York (6th ed. 2017)

Includes hypothetical NY case examples & practice tips.

To find more BLS Library print books and ebooks re. asylum law and immigration law:

Link to search BLS Library's SARA catalog

Tip for current BLS students, faculty & administrators to access selected ebooks in SARA catalog from off campus: Implement BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser, close/reopen this browser, use this browser to access ebooks in SARA catalog.

Subject search in SARA catalog: Asylum, right of (sorted by Publication.Copyright Date: Newest to Oldest)

Subject search in SARA catalog: Emigration and immigration law--United States (sorted by Publication/Copyright Date: Newest to Oldest)