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US Dept. of Justice - Immigration Review
US Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
The Professional Org. for Immigration Lawyers
US Citizenship & Immigration Services
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US Customs and Border Protection
Case Status Online
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Case Status Service
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Website
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Administrative Decisions After 7/31/2000
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Administrative Decisions Before 7/31/2000
U.S. Department of State Human Rights Practices
U.S. Information Agency - Exchange Visitor Skills List
LexisONE - The Resource for Small Law Firms
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register: Annoucements and Regulations
USCode
9th Circuit Court Rules
Internet Law Library - Laws of Other Nations
LexisNexis Matthew Bender Online
LexisONE Free Case Law Search
National Immigration Law Center - Judicial Review of Immigration Decisions
Office of Management and Budget - Regulations Under 12866 Review
Free Translation Online
FedEX Shipment Tracking

Immigration-Related Web Sites

American Immigration Lawyers Association
AILA Publications
Asylum Resources
Board of Immigration Appeals - US Department of Justice
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
CAPWEB—Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress
Code of Federal Regulations
Congressional Reports on Immigration
DOL
DOL Prevailing Wages
DOS
DOS’s Foreign Affairs Manual
DOS’s Immigrant Visa Main Page
DOT—Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Federal Register
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Law Library
Immigrant Software Corporation
Information Technology Assoc. of America
J Exchange Visitor Regulations, Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Latour and Lleras, P.A.
Lexis-Nexis
Matthew Bender—Immigration Channel
NAICS—North American Industry Classification System
NAFSA
National Visa Center
NewsTracker
The Occupational Information Network
Occupational Outlook Handbook
OES—Occupational Employment Statistics
Thomas (Library of Congress)
U.S. Code
U.S. Congress via GPO Access
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Visa Bulletin
Visa Reciprocity Tables
Visa Revalidation in the U.S.

Asylum, Convention Against Torture, Human Rights

Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
DOS Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2002
DOS Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
DOS International Women's Issues
Amnesty International Library
Freedom House Country and Territory Reports
Human Rights Watch World Report 2003
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR)
LCHR Human Rights Defenders
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
Women's Human Rights net
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
asylumlaw.org (also houses the collection of the former Human Rights Documentation Exchange)
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at
the University of California Hastings School of Law

U.S. Committee for Refugees
Human Rights Web
Human Rights Education Association
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
Survivors International

Know your Rights

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Know Your Rights Pamphlet
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Know Your Rights Pamphlet

Detention and Bond

ACLU Immigrants Rights: Detention
National Immigration Law Center (NILC) - Arrest and Detention
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) - Detention
People without criminal issues:
AILF Practice Advisory on Arrest, Detention and Bond Procedures for Noncitizens without Criminal Convictions
People with criminal issues:
Manuel D. Vargas, New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA)'s Immigrant Defense Project, Removal Defense Checklist in Criminal Charge Cases, pp. 2-4. The checklist can be found on the NYSDA website
Board of Prison (BOP) Inmate Locator (To find immigration detainees in BOP facilities)

Pro Bono Immigration Resources

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Pro Bono Program
Asylum
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Pro Bono Asylum Program

Students

DOS - J-1 Exchange Visitors
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Immigration Advising Resources

Many schools have websites on immigration information for their students. For example:

University of Arizona
Cornell University
Stanford University - Bechtel International Center
INS Guidelines for Children's Asylum Claims
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) - Services for Children
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) - Migration and Refugee Services - Unaccompanied Minor Refugee Program
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) - Special Immigrant Juvenile Project
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Minor Seeking Asylum
"David vs. Goliath" by Judith Kumin /a>
Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children
Reports and Investigations - United States
Human Rights Watch
"Detained and Deprived of Rights: Children in the Custody of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service," December 1998
"Slipping Through the Cracks: Unaccompanied Children Detained by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service," April 1997
American Bar Association ( ABA ) Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono