Class 1

1. Introduction

2. Who has the Power to Regulate Immigration? 

• "The federal power to determine immigration policy is well settled."

• Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting (U.S. May 26, 2011)

• Arizona v. United States (U.S. June 25, 2012)
  

3. The Sources of the Federal Power Over Immigration

• The Chinese Exclusion Case, 130 U.S. 581 (1889)

• Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893)

• Wong Wing v. United States, 163 U.S. 228 (1896)

4. The Federal Agencies

Visit the following web sites:

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Org Chart
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (ICE)
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• U.S. Department of Justice - EOIR
• U.S. Department of State - DOS

5. Immigration Law Sources

• http://travel.state.gov/visa (Information about visas)
• www.uscis.gov (Laws, Regulations, & Guides)
• www.usdoj.gov/eoir/vll/libindex.html (Virtual Law Library)

6. SLIDES

The INA divides the world between "Us & Them"