Immigration Law Research Guide: Immigration & Criminal Law

I. Federal Agencies

A. Department of Homeland Security

B. Department of Justice

C. Department of Labor

D. Department of State

II. Primary Sources of Immigration Law

A. Statutory Authority

B. Administrative Regulations

C. Administrative Decisions

D. Case Law

III. General Secondary Sources

IV. Newsletters, Journals & Blogs

V.  Asylum Law

VI. Business Immigration Law

VII. Immigration & Criminal Law

VIII. Statistics

IX. Organizations

X. Self-Help

Immigration Law and Crimes, Dan Kesselbrenner and Lory D. Rosenberg. (Westlaw, 2021).  One volume; updated regularly. Includes forms, model pleadings, checklists, references to federal and state statutes and administrative documents.

Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity: A Guide to Representing Foreign-Born Defendants, 6th ed.; Mary E. Kramer. (American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2015).  

California Criminal Defense of Immigrants, Norton Tooby & Katherine Brady. (CEB, 2014- ).