Welcome to the Immigration Law Community!

Welcome to the LexisNexis Immigration Law Community, your source for news and insights on immigration law and issues. The site features daily news updates, emerging issues analysis and guest commentaries, podcasts and LexisNexis resources. Posts from Bender's Immigration Bulletin Editor Daniel M. Kowalski and the Immigration Law Community staff and the content from BIB Daily are in the Outside News and Inside News areas.

Alert: I-601 Provisional Waiver Is Not in Effect

"USCIS is considering changes that would allow certain immediate relatives (the spouse…

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• INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA STATE PRISONERS WITH IMMIGRATION HOLDS (Revised February…
• Supreme Court, 6-3, on aggravated felony: Kawashima v. Holder…
• N.C. Ct. App. on Padilla Retroactivity: State v. Alshaif…
• EOIR Releases FY 2011 Statistical Year Book; Includes Pending Caseload Numbers for…

Owner, managers of Mo. firm indicted for defrauding customers by selling immigration forms available for free from the government

"Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced…

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• Organized crime members plead guilty to visa and marriage fraud charges…
• Tenacious lawyers, Supreme Court ruling help free Texas immigrant…
• Stumbling through Parallel Immigration Universes…
• Rwandan woman to stand trial in N.H. on immigration charges…

Compliance Convergence: ICE Enforcement Shifts Focus to Employers

Compliance convergence can take many forms. In an article entitled " Pass the ICE…

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• Legal Foundation Says U.S. Supreme Court Must Uphold Arizona Immigration Law…
• Are the Courts Fed Up With America's Badly Broken Immigration Laws?…
• ICE Announces First-Ever Public Advocate …
• Excerpts From The Feb. 15, 2012, Bender's Immigration Bulletin: New VIBE Process…

Immigration Law Community Podcast: Dan Kowalski and Professor Michael Olivas on Alabama’s Immigration Law

On this edition, Dan Kowalski, editor of Bender's Immigration Bulletin and online…

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• Webcast: U.C. Davis Law School Dean Kevin Johnson on Opening the Floodgates - Why…
• Podcast: Dan Kowalski and Wendy Young on Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)…
• Immigration Attorney Comments On High Court's Legal Arizona Workers Act Ruling In…
• Focus on Immigration Podcast: Steven Brotherton - New USCIS Form I-129 Requirements…

Cardless National ID and the E-Verify Rebellion

"New Hampshire was the state where the “ REAL ID rebellion ” got its…

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• Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Agencies: A Year in Review…
• Unusual Immigration-Related Cases at the US Supreme Court…
• Supreme Court in Judulang Axes Comparable-Grounds Condition for 212(c) Relief …
• USCIS Redesigns Employment Authorization Document -- I-9 Effect…

Immigration Law Community Commentary

Leading attorneys and immigration professionals provide analysis of immigration law and issues.

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Kawashima v. Holder: What Is an 'Aggravated Felony' for Immigration Purposes?

Julie Myers Wood: Supreme Court Affirms an Arizona Immigration Law - What It Means