Welcome to Immigration & Asylum Law!
Welcome to Immigration and Asylum Law! This is the outline of a course on Immigration and Asylum Law that I taught for a decade at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law (UDC-DCSL). Before teaching at UDC I taught the course for another decade at the Georgetown University Law Center. After 40 years of serving the United States Department of Justice in immigration matters and 20 years of teaching at two law schools, one thing I can say for certain is that very little has changed during the 40 years that I spent in the frontlines of immigration. Now that I have distanced myself from the practice of immigration law, I will be reminescing more about this in the months to come .... --Francesco Isgro
The purpose of this course was and is to introduce you 
to the increasingly complex field of immigration law. Immigration continues to be the subject of intense public debate. Congress enacted a series of legislative reforms in 1996 and 1990, but recently has been unable to enact comprehensive immigration reform. The courts are still grappling with complex issues raised by the implementation of the Illegal Immigration and Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). IIRIRA brought fundamental changes to our immigration laws. These changes, most of which became effective on April 1, 1997, have resulted in increased litigation, as well as greater concern among immigrants who are in the United States in an unlawful status. Continue . ..>>
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The Open Border Institute intake Form
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Immigration Reform
“I’ve said before that if Congress failed to live up to its responsibilities to solve this problem, I would act to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own and I meant what I said. ... So this is not a question of if, but when.” President Obama
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"But I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that's accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people's fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that's who we are as Americans. It's been inscribed on our nation's seal since we declared our independence. "E pluribus unum." Out of many, one. That is what has drawn the persecuted and impoverished to our shores. That's what led the innovators and risk-takers from around the world to take a chance here in the land of opportunity. That's what has led people to endure untold hardships to reach this place called America." --Pres. Obama
Our attitude toward immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the bottom to rise as far as their talent and energy allow. Neither race nor place of birth should affect their chances.
--Robert Kennedy
DHS Ad: “I thought it would be easy for my son to
get his papers in the North. That wasn’t true.”
