Advanced Immigration Law and Citizenship Research

1. Advanced Immigration Law and Citizenship Research Spring 2012 Shikha gupta joseph: shikha.joseph@hofstra.edu

2. Preemption Literature Check • A preemption check is a thorough process for determining whether there is another article that has already been published on your topic. • Purpose of preemption check: • Saving time and resources to confirm that your topic will cover new ground.  • Provides alerts to any impending statutes or case law that would render your topic meaningless.

3. How to conduct a preemption check? Conduct a check following these steps: • Construct a list of keywords and subject headings on the topic • Maintain a record of all databases searched with found journal citations, articles etc. • Search law review databases • Run queries in periodical indices • Examine works in progress, working papers, and preprints • Books and book chapters • Current awareness tools • Analyze and conform the results with your topic

4. Law Review Databases • Westlaw (TP-ALL, JLR) • Example: TP-ALL keyword search: (transsex! transgend! transvest!) /10 immig! /10 detention • Lexis (Law Reviews, CLE, Legal Journals & Periodicals, Combined) • HeinOnline • Non-law databases: Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, and other multidisciplinary from Axinn databases

5. Periodical Indices • Index to Legal Periodicals (current and retro) • Example: same sex and sponsor • LegalTrac • Current Index to Legal Periodicals • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

6. Works in Progress, Working Papers and Preprints For scholarly working papers, forthcoming law review articles, think tank articles (new and very recent research): • Legal Scholarship Network (SSRN) • Example: sexual orientation asylum • Google Scholar • Example: surrogacy and citizenship • Berkeley Electronic Press (Bepress)

7. Books and Books Chapters • Lexicat Hofstra University Libraries Catalog • Example: immigration detention • WorldCat

8. Current Awareness Tools and Blogs • Lexis-alerts, Sherpardize, CourtLink • Westlaw-various alerts at “Alert Center”, Keycite • U.S. Law Week (BNA)-status of Supreme Court cases • BNA Alerts-also latest news, expert insight articles • SSRN • Immigration Prof Blog: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/ • Bender's Immigration Bulletin: Lexis; Law Classified KF4815 .I465 • Daily Edition, Bulletin Board: http://bibdebb.blogspot.com/

9. Immigration Law Research Sources • Primary Sources • Statutes • Federal Regulations • Federal Register • Code of Federal Regulations • Agency Decisions • Judicial Decisions • Secondary Sources • Treatises and casebooks • Journal & law review articles

10. Statutes • Which statutes are applicable? • Treatises • Immigration Law Research Guides (for example, NYU Law Library's guide) • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) • Index to USCA or USCS • Relevant governing laws: • Title 8: Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); Aliens & Nationality • Title 18: Criminal Law and Procedure

11. Where can I locate the relevant statutes? Federal Immigration Laws and Regulations, Law Classified, KF4805.99 .U54 2011 United State Code - available in print or on Fdsys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/) United States Code Annotated (USCA) – available in print or in Westlaw United States Code Service (USCS) – available in print or in Lexis

12. Legislative History • U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative New Service-print (Reading Room KF48 .U5) and Westlaw (USCCAN) • HeinOnline-U.S. Federal Legislative History Library • ProQuest Congressional • Thomas.gov-recent bills/legislation only • http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php • Lexis: US-CIS Legislative Histories database • Westlaw: FED-LH database

13. Proposed Legislation ProQuest Congressional Thomas.gov Lexis: Congressional Full Text Bills - Current Congress; Bill Tracking Report - Current Congress Westlaw: CONG-BILLTXT; US-BILLTRK; FIM-BILLTXT

14. Role of Federal Agencies Rulemaking (regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations) Adjudication (administrative decisions)

15. Which Agencies? Department of Homeland Security-in charge of Citizenship & Immigration Services; Immigration & Customs Enforcement is responsible for enforcing immigration and customs law (http://www.ice.gov/index.htm) Department of State-authority of visa issuance, country information, various reports Department of Justice-Executive Office for Immigration Review (immigration court system), employment discrimination matters Department of Labor-alien labor certification process and appeals

16. Federal Regulations Federal Register Code of Federal Regulations

17. Locating Federal Regulations • Code of Federal Regulations – print and online at Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, FedSys • Relevant volumes might include: • Aliens and Nationality Regs: Title 8 • Justice Dept Regs: Title 28 • Labor Dept Regs: Title 20, 29 • Health & Human Serv Regs: Title 42

18. Federal Register Code of Federal Regulations – print Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline FedSys

19. Agency and Judicial Decisions Search • First, choose a database. (Click on Search tab on Lexis; click on Directory on Westlaw) • Select jurisdiction (if applicable) • Construct terms and connectors search • Use thesaurus, key terms suggested by database or other sources, headnotes • Limit by dates if helpful

20. Agency Decisions Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions • Administrative decisions under immigration and nationality laws, Law Classified KF4812 .A2 • Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46 • Hein’s Cumulative Index to Interim Precedent Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Law Classified KF4812.7 .H45 • HeinOnline: U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and AppealsAdministrative Decisions under Immigration and Nationality Laws • LexisNexis: Federal Immigration Agency Decisions; Immigration Precedent Decisions • Westlaw: FIM-BIA

21. Administrative Appeals Office Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46 LexisNexis: Federal immigration agency decisions; Immigration Non-Precedent Decisions: BIA, AAO/AAU Westlaw: FIM-AAU

22. Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46 Lexis: Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Immigration Review Decisions Westlaw: FIM-OCAHO

23. Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions • Immigration Law and Procedure: BALCA Deskbook • Summaries of decisions in Volume 13, Law Classified KF 4819 .G6 • Lexis: Immigration Law & Procedure - BALCA Deskbook • Interpreter Releases • includes BALCA summaries, Law Classified KF4802 .I58 • Westlaw INTERREL database • Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46 • Lexis: Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions • Westlaw: FIM-BALCA

24. Judicial Decisions • Bender’s Immigration Case Reporter KF 4815 .I46 • Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement, Supreme Court Reporter: Law Reading Room • Lexis: USAPP; databases for individual circuits; IMMIG; Federal Immigration Cases and Federal Immigration Cases & Agency Decisions • Westlaw: CTA; databases for individual circuits; FIM-CS and IM-CS • Example: “j-1 visa” and stay

25. Secondary Sources Treatises and casebooks-for background information • Immigration and Citizenship Process and Policy/ Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff et al., Law Reserve KF4818 .A43 2012 • Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell / by David Weissbrodt et al., Law Reserve KF4819.3 .W4 2011 • Essentials of Immigration Law/Richard A. Boswell, Law Classified KF4819 .B67 2006 • Immigration Fundamentals : a guide to law and practice/Austin T. Fragomen et al., Law Classified KF4819 .F72 • Kurzban's immigration law sourcebook : a comprehensive outline and reference tool / Ira J. Kurzban, Law Classified KF4819.3 .K87 2010

26. To Find a Treatise Online Westlaw: click on Directory and enter the title or words in the title, or immigration law in search box; go to DirectoryTopical Practice AreasImmigrationForms, Treatises, CLEs and Other Practice Material (use “I” link to check description, author, title, updating) Lexis: click on “Find a Source” tab; same process; go to Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Immigration > Search Analysis, Law Reviews & Journals (use “I” link to check description, author, title, updating.)

27. Journals and Law Reviews Index to Legal Periodicals Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals LegalTrac HeinOnline: Law Journal Library Lexis: Law Reviews, CLE, Legal Journals & Periodicals, Combined; Immigration Law Review Articles, Combined Westlaw: TP-ALL; JLR; IM-TP

28. Statistics, Reports and other Data • TRAC DHS-provides latest information on DHS convictions, immigration and customs enforcement data, numerous DHS tables and reports. • http://trac.syr.edu/tracdhs/ • Immigration statistics • http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/immigration.shtm

29. Organizations ABA Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono: http://www.abanet.org/immigration/ American Immigration Lawyers Association: http://www.aila.org Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR): http://www.fairus.org/ National Immigration Law Center: http://www.nilc.org/

30. Questions? Help using databases, locating sources, using microforms: Ask Shikha or another Reference Librarian for help Appointments: shikha.joseph@hofstra.edu or tel. 516-463-5851