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Understanding Mandatory Detention

Enforcement

Removal Defense

Crimes

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for very specific scenarios under which a noncitizen must be detained by Immigration and Customs...
11:00AM PDT- 12:30PM PDT
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Preliminary Matters in Removal Proceedings

Removal Defense

Enforcement

A removal defense case may be won or lost before the first master calendar hearing ends. Learn how you can prepare to defend your noncitizen client in...
11:00AM PDT- 12:30PM PDT
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U Visa Hot Topics

U Visa/T Visa/VAWA

Enforcement

This webinar will provide updates in U visa policy and procedure, including adjudication trends, fee updates, enforcement risks, and practice tips.
11:00AM PDT- 12:30PM PDT
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Featured Publications

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 6th Edition
6th Edition
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

Immigrant Youth

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Other Immigration Options for Children and Youth  is an essential guide for those repres

Published in:
2021
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18th Edition
Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide

Citizenship and Naturalization

This indispensable resource thoroughly addresses the entire process of representing a naturalization applicant from the initial client meeting thro

Published in:
2025
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Cover for FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks. The cover has a tan background and the title, FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks, is in white text. Below that, there is a dark blue banner with a circular ILRC logo, with white text across it that reads, "teaching, interpreting, and changing law since 1979." Under the banner, there is more information about the book. In white text, it reads, "3rd Edition." Below that, it reads, "By ILRC Staff Attorneys."
3rd
FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks: A Practical Guide to Filing Records Requests in Immigration Cases

Removal Defense

Crimes

Enforcement

Citizenship and Naturalization

The updated edition of FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks describes the various federal agencies and components that generally hold i

Published in:
2024
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How an Absence Can Affect One’s Naturalization Application

Citizenship and Naturalization

An absence from the U.S. can affect one's ability to naturalize in a myriad of ways. We will discuss the different ways in which an absence from the U...
11:00AM PDT- 12:30PM PDT
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Building an Asylum Claim

A discussion of the basic elements of an asylum claim for advocates who are new to representing clients in the asylum application process. In this...
11:00AM PDT- 12:30PM PDT
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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: Responding to RFEs & NOIDs

This webinar will discuss recent trends of increased requests for evidence (RFEs) and notices of intent to deny (NOIDs) in Special Immigrant Juvenile...
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