The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) was signed into law on September 30, 1996. The law changes the way immigrants are treated in hundreds of significant ways.
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Highlights and Regulations
- INS Regulations on Grounds of Inadmissibility (11-23-98)
- New Immigration Law Looks Worse With Age (10-6-97)
- Highlights of the New Immigration Law
Immigration Reform Act – Entitlement Bars & Section 245(i)
- Immigrant Waivers: Procedures for Adjudication of Form I-601 For Overseas Adjudication Officers (USCIS)
- Consolidation of Guidance Concerning Unlawful Presence (May 6, 2009) –Supersedes Previous Memos
- INS Issues Foreign Travel Advisory For Aliens With Pending Immigration Applications (11-22-2000)
- INS Memorandum: No Unlawful Presence During Pendency of Application for COS/EOS (3-3-2000) –Superseded by Memo posted May 6, 2009, please see above
- INS General Counsel’s List of Resolved Issues (12-10-99)
- Unlawful Presence Hypotheticals
- Answers to Unlawful Presence Hypotheticals
- DOS Cable Re: Unlawful Presence and Canadians
- INS Memorandum Interpreting Employment-Based Provisions of Section 245(i) (6-10-99)
- INS Advises on Asylee Exception to Unlawful Presence (6-8-99)
- INS Memorandum Interpreting Section 245(i) (4-14-99)
- State Department Memo on Bars of Inadmissibility (4-4-98)
- Congressman Lamar Smith’s Letter Opposing Extension of Section 245(i) (7-17-97)
- INS Memo Regarding Adjustment of Status and Entitlement Bars (6-17-97)-Superseded by Memo posted May 6, 2009, please see above
- State Department’s Cable on “Unlawful Presence” (12-17-97)
Immigration Reform Act – Affidavit of Support Requirements
Immigration Reform Act – Removal Proceedings
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Carl Shusterman
Carl Shusterman served as an INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) before opening a firm specializing exclusively in US immigration law. He is a Certified Specialist in Immigration Law who has testified as an expert witness before the US Senate Immigration Subcommittee. Carl was featured in the February 2018 edition of SuperLawyers Magazine.
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