Class 1

1. Introduction

2. The Federal Agencies

Read INA § 103(a); skim pp. 267-95

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

3. 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)

4. Who has the Power to Regulate Immigration? 

•   Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting

5. The Sources of the Federal Power Over Immigration

Skim pp. 157-92; read pp. 192-233 and brief the following cases:

• The Chinese Exclusion Case, 130 U.S. 581 (1889) [p. 197]

• Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893) [p. 214]

• Wong Wing v. United States, 163 U.S. 228 (1896) [p.230]
  

The INA divides the world between "Us & Them"