Immigration Law Practice Links
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- American Immigration Council
- ASISTA
- Asylee Eligibility for Resettlement Assistance - A Short Guide
- Asylum Manual for Pro Bono Attorneys
- Bender's Immigration Bulletin
- Binger Center for New Americans - University of Minnesota
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
- CLINIC Bond Resource
- CLINIC Defending Vulnerable Populations Resources
- Center for Applied Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, University of California Hastings Law School
- Center for New Americans Resources - University of MN
- Childrens Immigration Law Academy Webinars
- Detention Project of Minnesota
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- Fahamu Refugee Programme
- FOIA: A Step by Step Guide to Completing FOIA Requests (December 2021, ILRC)
- FOIA: ICE Affirmation/Declaration
- FOIA: Practice Advisory - FOIA for Immigration Lawyers
- FOIA: US Department of State Information Access Guide
- Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic, Immigration and Asylum Law Research
- HealTorture.org
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
- How to Get a Green Card for your Parents (Henson Pachuta & Kammerman, PLLC)
- Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative Forensic Evaluations Project
- Human Rights First
- Immigration Advocates Network
- Immigrant Defense Project
- Immigration Impact
- Immigration Law Help
- Immigration Law Library Guides
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Immigration Research and Information website
- Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 (Harvard University Library)
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Human Trafficking
- LegalEDweb Immigration Law
- LegalEDweb Asylum Law
- Maps - www.multimaps.com
- Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
- Minnesota Court Interpreters
- Minnesota Detention Project
- Minnesota Bar Association Immigration Law Section
- National Immigration Law Center
- National Immigrant Justice Center (includes Detention Map)
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
- Refugee and Asylee Adjustment Toolkit
- Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Combined Training Lesson Plans
- Spanish Translations of Immigration Forms
- Twin Cities Immigration Resources
- USCIS Asylum
- U Visa Certification - MN
- "Well Founded Fear" - Home page for 1999 Documentary on the US Asylum Office
- Preparation for an Asylum Case Before the Immigration Court
Unaccompanied Children
- ABA Immigrant Child Advocacy Network
- Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Immigrant Child Advocacy Network
- Children's Immigration Law Academy (American Bar Association)
- HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement - Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsors
- In-Country Refugee/Parole Processing for Minors in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala (Central American Minors – CAM) - FAQ pdf
- Niskanen Center - Examining the UAC-DACA Link: New Data Show Child Migrant Crisis Began Before DACA
- Office of Refugee Resettlement - State Letter 15-01 (pdf) (In-Country Refugee/Parole Program for Children in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with Parents Lawfully Present in the United States – Eligibility for ORR Benefits and Services)
- Post-Election Talking Points and Resources - ILRC
- Unaccompanied Children Resource Center
- U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Central American Minors Flowchart (pdf)
- USCIS - Minor Children Applying for Asylum By Themselves
- WHAT KIND OF WELCOME? Integration of Central American Unaccompanied Children Into Local Communities (Georgetown Report)
- Working With Children: Ethical Issues and Standards of Practice (pdf)
Press
- Children’s Migration to the United States from Mexico and Central America: Evidence from the Mexican and Latin American Migration Projects
- El Salvador's gangs target women and girls
- How the Drug Trade Fuels Femicide in Central America
- Mexico deports record numbers of women and children in US-driven effort
- Acquisition and Derivation Charts
- Citizenshipworks
- CLINIC New Americans Campaign
- CLINIC Citizenship Tool Kit
- Crimmigration Law Research: The Categorical Approach (University of Minnesota)
- Dual Citizenship
- ILRC Citizenship & Naturalization Page
- ILRC N-400 Translations
- Immigration Law Center of Minnesota Citizenship page
- Immigration Policy Tracking Project
- FOIA Guide - ILRC
- New N-648 and Policy Guidance on Disability Waivers | Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (Nov. 2022)
- New N-648 October 2022 Updates, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Nov. 2022)
- N-648 Disability Exception for Citizenship – EthnoMed (June 2021)
- Oath of Allegiance in English and Spanish
- USAHello
- USCIS Policy Manual – Naturalization
- USCIS Citizenship Resource Page
- UST Immigration Law Library Guide
- Translation of Civics Questions and Answers for the Naturalization Test | Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) (cliniclegal.org)
For Safety Planning resources, please click on the "Immigration Issues under the Trump Administration" section below.
- A DACA Rescission Primer
- Minnesota Immigrant and Refugee Rights Helpline – DACA questions
- Penn State Law School – Resources on DACA
- Undocumented Student Program | University of California at Berkeley
- Immigration Response Team: University of Minnesota
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2017 Announcement
- Affirmative Asylum Procedures Manual
- Affirmative Asylum Scheduling Bulletin
- Asylum Officer Basic Training Course (downloaded January 2017)
- Asylum Officer Basic Training Course Lesson Plans
- Asylum Officer Basic Training Course Lesson Plan (2014 Credible Fear Lesson Plan – not included on USCIS website)
- US Customs and Border Protection - Arrival/Departure Forms: I-94 and I-94W
- DHS Databases
- Homeland Security Digital Library
- Office of Personnel Management, Citizenship Laws of the World (2001)
- US Citizenship and Immigration Service
- US ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations
- US ICE Executive Action
- US Immigration Customs and Enforcement
- USCIS Archive
- USCIS Asylum
- USCIS Asylum Division Training Programs
- Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Combined Training Lesson Plans (downloaded by Geoff Hoffman)
- USCIS Historical Library Catalog
- USCIS Policy Manual
- USCIS Service and Office Locator
- Center for Victims of Torture
- Healthcare for Noncitizens Mar20
- Pro Bono Mental Health Manual -- CAIR (Capital Area Immigrants' Rights) Coalition
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (Eastern Mennonite University)
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants - Healthy Living Toolkit
- Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services - Government Benefits for Noncitizens
- ASISTA
- Lawyer's Manual on Human Trafficking
- Public Counsel U Visa Manual (2018)
- US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- US Department of State - Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- US Office of Refugee Resettlement
- US Office on Violence Against Women
- WomensLaw.org
- EOIR (Executive Office for Immigration Review) Policy Manual
- EOIR Virtual Law Library
- Ethics and Professionalism Guide for Immigration Judges
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Executive Office for Immigration Review (Bloomington, MN)
- Immigration Judge Benchbook Archive
- Immigration Law Advisor - Legal Publication of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Amnesty International USA - Immigration Detention
- Detention Center Map
- Detention Watch Network
- Florence Project Pro Se materials
- HumanRights.gov
- Human Rights Watch- Reports on US deportation and detention
- Immigration Justice Network
- International Detention Coalition
- Minnesota Detention Project (includes Pro Se Materials)
- National Map of Local Entanglement with ICE
- New York State Defenders' Association Immigrant Defense Project
- US ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (includes links to detention standards)
- Administrative Relief Resource Center
- American Immigration Council, A GUIDE TO THE IMMIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY EXECUTIVE ACTION
- Catholic Charities USA Responds to Executive Action on Immigration
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network on Executive Action
- Congressional Research Service, The Obama Administration’s November 2014 Immigration Initiatives: Questions and Answers
- Department of Homeland Security – Executive Action on Immigration
- USCIS Executive Actions on Immigration
- ICE & Prosecutorial Discretion
- DOJ Office of Legal Counsel – Legal Memo on the Department of Homeland Security’s Authority
- Legal Experts: Ruling Blocking Immigration Action 'Deeply Flawed'
- Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service)
- Migration Policy Institute Webinar. Digging Deeper Into Executive Action: A Further Examination of the Impacts (12/3/14)
- Minnesota resources on DACA/DAPA
- Professor's Letter on Executive Action 11/25/14
- Professor Wiebe comments on the President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration in the Star Tribune
- Professor Wiebe speaks about President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration in PRI
- Univision video: La abogada Jessica Domínguez explica los hechos recientes sobre el tema migratorio de las acciones ejecutivas
- USCCB Migration Chairman Welcomes Obama Administration Announcement of Relief for Immigrant Families, USCCB President Cites Urgent Pastoral Need for a More Humane View of Immigrants
- Dual Citizenship Countries
- Office of Personnel Management, Citizenship Laws of the World (2001)
- Twelve Stories: How Democracy Works Now
- American Friends Service Committee
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program
- Immigration Policy Center
- Informed Immigrant
- Justice for Immigration - The Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform
- Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services)
- Mennonite Central Committee
- National Immigration Forum
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services
- World Relief
Know Your Rights
- Immigration Law: Implementation Memos of the Executive Order
- Casa Maryland | Know Your Rights
- Casa de Maryland | Know Your Rights (Spanish)
- Credible Fear FAQ - USCIS
- Consejos Legales para Inmigrantes - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
- Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC)
- Fact Sheets and Resources on Trump Executive Actions on Immigration - UC Berkeley
- From Raids to Deportation: A Community Resource Kit (Iowa 2008)
- Guide to Credible and Reasonable Fear Proceedings
- Immi.org
- Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota – Know Your Rights
- Immigrants’ Rights FAQs under a Trump Presidency
- Know Your Rights: A Collection of Resources | CLINIC
- On-line Detainee Locator
- Searching for Sanctuary: An Analysis of America's Counties & Their Voluntary Assistance with Deportations - Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Statewide Teach-In: Immigrants' Rights (Penn State University)
- Town Hall on Executive Orders - University of Arizona Law
- Walk-in Clinics
Campuses
- 10 Ways to Support Students Facing Immigration Crises - Inside Higher Ed
- Constitution Campus Information Clearinghouse - University of Denver, Strum College of Law
- Immigration After the Election - Penn State Law
- Running List of University/College and Higher Education Organization/Association Responses to President Trump's Executive Order Entitled "Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Entry into the United States by Foreign Nationals" Issued January 27, 2017 - Inside Higher Ed
- Sanctuary Campus Toolkit FAQ - Harvard Law
Court Actions
Historical Perspectives
- Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Safety Planning for Families
- Detained or Deported: What About My Children?
- Family Safety Planning A training manual by Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- ICE’s Parental Interests Directive: Helping Families Caught Between the Immigration and Child Welfare Systems
- Immigrant Safety Plan for Youth and Children
- Make a Plan: Migrant Parents’ Guide to Preventing Family Separation
- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
- International Court of Justice
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Refugee Law Reader, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
- UN General Assembly
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- UN Security Council
- UN Secretary General
- AILA Raid Response
- University of Minnesota Raid Reponse
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
- Assisting Asylum-Seekers with In Absentia Removal Orders
- KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: A guide to interacting with law enforcement
- Emergency Planning for Immigrant Families: A 50-State Resource
- LGBTI Options for Relief Under Asylum Law
- Template Motion to Rescind in Absentia Removal Order and Reopen Removal Proceedings
- Practice Advisory: Motions to Reopen
- A Guide to Obtaining Release from Immigration Detention
- Practice Advisory: Overcoming the Asylum One-Year Filing Deadline
- Rapid Response Toolkit
- Practice Advisory: Stays of Removal for DACA Recipients with Removal Orders
- Got Faith? A Closer Look at the Religious Movement for Immigration Reform (Immig Impact)
- What the Bible really says about Immigration (Immigration Policy Center)
- Migrants and Refugees
- Cultural Orientation Resource Center
- Healing Resources for Refugees
- Immigration Law Library Guides
- St. Thomas Law Library
- Search library catalog - CLICnet
- Search the law library's Electronic Resources
- Request library materials - Interlibrary Loan
- St. Thomas Main Campus Libraries