1.         INTRODUCTION

            a.         Agencies

b.         Immigration law sources

2.         ADMISSION OF NONCITIZENS (“ALIENS”)

a.         Sources of the Federal Power Over Immigration

b.         Whom Shall We Welcome? The Immigration Selection System

i.          Immigrant Categories

ii.          Nonimmigrants Categories

iii.         Refugees

            c.         The Admission Procedures

                         i.          Consular Determinations

                         ii.          Border

                         iii.         Adjustment of Status

d.         Visa Procedures

3.         IMMIGRATION CONTROLS & ENFORCEMENT

a.         Qualitative Controls

b.         Constitutional Limitations On the Government’s Power

c.         Removal Procedures

d.         Relief from Removal

e.         Immigration Detention

f.          National Security Issues

4.         ASYLUM AND REFUGEES

a.         Refugees, Asylum & Withholding of Deportation

i.          Procedures

ii.          Standards

iii.         Definition of Persecution

b.         Basis of Persecution

c.         The Convention Against Torture

5.         ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT

a.         Administrative Review

b.          Judicial Review